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RITONAVIR
Definition of RITONAVIR
noun
An antiretroviral drug C37H48N6O5S2 of the protease inhibitor class that is administered orally to treat HIV-infected and AIDS patients.
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Where it comes from
From [Term?] + -navir (“HIV protease inhibitor”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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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.
RITONAVIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RITONAVIR starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AIINORRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once.
Words that start RITONA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RITONAVIR?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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