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PENTAQUARKS
Definition of PENTAQUARKS
noun
plural of pentaquark
noun
Any of a class of subatomic particles (previously hypothetical, since detected, subject to confirmation) consisting of a group of five quarks (compared to three quarks in normal baryons and two in mesons), or more specifically four quarks and one antiquark (symbol Θ).
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PENTAQUARKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENTAQUARKS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEKNPQRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found PENTAQUARKS?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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