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PENTOSE
Definition of PENTOSE
noun
A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Internationalism, from penta- (“five”) + -ose.
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.
PENTOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PENTOSE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EENOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PENTOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENTOSE?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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