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STREPTOMYCIN
Definition of STREPTOMYCIN
noun
An aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic C21H39N7O12 that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces griseus), is active against many bacteria, and is administered via intramuscular injection especially in the treatment of infections by gram-negative bacteria. It was the first drug to be successful against tuberculosis but is now chiefly used with other drugs because of its toxic side effects.
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Where it comes from
From translingual Streptomyces + -in. By surface analysis, strepto- + -mycin.
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.
STREPTOMYCIN 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 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STREPTOMYCIN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEIMNOPRSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start STREPTOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STREPTOMYCIN?
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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