b 3 u 1 t 1 a 1 n 1 e 1
6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels
originPIE word *gʷṓws IUPAC nomenclature, from but- (“four carbon prefix”) + -ane (“alkane suffix”), the former is derived from the same stem as the foul-smelling carboxylic acid liberated in rancid butter, "butyric acid", hence cognate with butter.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0