The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BUTTONY
Definition of BUTTONY
adjective
Having a large number of buttons.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From button + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUTTONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUTTONY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BNOTTUY - 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 BUTTONY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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