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MERCHANDIZE
Definition of MERCHANDIZE
noun
Obsolete spelling of merchandise.
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Word DNA
MERCHANDIZE inherits its ancestry from its root, MERCHANDISE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MERCHANDISE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MERCHANDIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
Built from these letters
MERCHANDIZE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEHIMNRZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MERCHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 176 - and most players walked straight past it.
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