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PENTANES
Definition of PENTANES
noun
plural of pentane
noun
An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C5H12; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methylbutane (isopentane), and dimethylpropane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.
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Word DNA
PENTANES inherits its ancestry from its root, PENTANE.
How it is built
Same root, PENTANE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PENTANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENTANES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEENNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start PENTAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENTANES?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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