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MERCHANDISE
Definition of MERCHANDISE
noun
Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English marchaundise (“commerce, trading; buying; business transaction, deal; merchandise, goods, wares; possessions”), from Anglo-Norman marchaundise and Old French marcheandise (modern French marchandise), from Old French marcheant (“seller, vendor”) (ultimately from Latin mercātus (“buying and selling, trade, traffic; market; marketplace”), possibly originally Etruscan) + -ise (suffix forming feminine nouns, often denoting a quality or state). The English word is analysable as merchant + -ise.
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.
MERCHANDISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MERCHANDISE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEHIMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MERCHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found MERCHANDISE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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