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PENTATOMIC
Definition of PENTATOMIC
adjective
Having five atoms in each molecule.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From penta- + atomic.
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.
PENTATOMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENTATOMIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMNOPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start PENTAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENTATOMIC?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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