butterfly is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
butterfly butterflys
    A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. (from 11th c.)
    (medicine attributive) A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
    • butterfly tape; butterfly bandage; butterfly strips
    (swimming) The butterfly stroke. (from 20th c.)

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
butterfly butterflies butterflying butterflied butterflied
    (transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
    • butterflied shrimp
    (transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
    (transitive of the point of divergence of an alternate history scenario) To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.
    • Pearl Harbor not happening would've butterflied Taylor Swift.

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butterfly is a Scrabble valid word

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butterfly is an iScramble, QuickWords valid word

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