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PENTARCHIES
Definition of PENTARCHIES
noun
plural of pentarchy
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Word DNA
PENTARCHIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PENTARCHY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (340)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PENTARCHY · 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.
PENTARCHIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENTARCHIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHINPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PENTARC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENTARCHIES?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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