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PENTACHORD
Definition of PENTACHORD
noun
Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From penta- + chord.
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.
PENTACHORD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 75, 3 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PENTACHORD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PENTAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENTACHORD?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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