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Quincunx.

{noun}
– an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its centre, used for the five on a dice or playing card, and in planting trees.
Origin: mid 17c, from Latin, literally "five twelfths", from quinque 'five' + uncia 'twelfth'. {ODE}




I went looking for other examples of this and found something pretty fun:
Brilliant
Hey there @Aurora83. Welcome to /word_of_the_day.
Thank you x
Gotta use that one in Scrabble!
In the etymology what does the twelfth part mean?
according to wikipedia, the quincunx was originally a coin of the Roman Republic with a value of 5/12 the asssarius.
That makes sense. Was this pattern on the coin then?
Looks like they did have that pattern.
whoops, that's quite the large png.
At least on the iOS app it didn't seem to have a slow download.
Haha, I like it. Very confident!