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BUTTOCK
Definition of BUTTOCK
noun
Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English buttok, probably from Old English buttuc (“end; end piece”; also, “short piece of land”). Attested with its current anatomical meaning since 1300. A diminutive form of what is presumably the Old English precursor of butt + -ock (diminutive suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,054)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BUTTOCK · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUTTOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUTTOCK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BCKOTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BUTTOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUTTOCK?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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