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BUTTOCKS
Definition of BUTTOCKS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
BUTTOCKS inherits its ancestry from its root, BUTTOCK.
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 (3,066)
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.
BUTTOCKS 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 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BUTTOCKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCKOSTTU - 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 BUTTOCKS?
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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