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BUTTONHOLDS
Definition of BUTTONHOLDS
Wiktionary has no entry for BUTTONHOLDS itself. This is its base word, BUTTONHOLD.
verb
Dated form of buttonhole (“to detain (a person) in conversation against their will”).
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BUTTONHOLD.
From button + hold.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUTTONHOLDS 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 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BUTTONHOLDS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDHLNOOSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BUTTONH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUTTONHOLDS?
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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