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PENTAQUARKS
Definition of PENTAQUARKS
noun
plural of pentaquark
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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 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 61, 20 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 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.
Words that start PENTAQU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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