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BUTYLATION
Definition of BUTYLATION
noun
A reaction in which a butyl group is added to a molecule
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From butylate + -ion.
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.
BUTYLATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUTYLATION starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABILNOTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start BUTYLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUTYLATION?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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