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MERCENARY
Definition of MERCENARY
noun
One motivated by gain, especially monetary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mercenarye (“someone paid to work, hireling”), from Latin mercēnārius (“hired for money”), from mercēs (“reward, wages, price”).
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.
MERCENARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MERCENARY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEEMNRRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start MERCEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MERCENARY?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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