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BUTTONS
Definition of BUTTONS
noun
plural of button
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Word DNA
BUTTONS inherits its ancestry from its root, BUTTON.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,759)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BUTTON · 6 relatives 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.
BUTTONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BUTTONS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BNOSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BUTTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUTTONS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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