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PENTAPOLIS
Definition of PENTAPOLIS
noun
A geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek Πεντάπολις (Pentápolis).
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.
PENTAPOLIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENTAPOLIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEILNOPPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start PENTAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENTAPOLIS?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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