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PENTARCHY
Definition of PENTARCHY
noun
Government by five persons.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin pentarchia, from Ancient Greek πενταρχίᾱ (pentarkhíā), from πεντα- (penta-, “penta-, five”) + -αρχίᾱ (-arkhíā, “-archy, rule”), perhaps via Middle French pentarchie. Equivalent to pent- + -archy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
PENTARCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENTARCHY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEHNPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PENTAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENTARCHY?
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