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PENTAVALENT
Definition of PENTAVALENT
adjective
Having an atomic valence of 5.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From penta- + -valent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
PENTAVALENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENTAVALENT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAEELNNPTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, N, T and A appear more than once.
Could you have found PENTAVALENT?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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