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MERCHANT
Definition of MERCHANT
noun
A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“to trade, deal, sell”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (274)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MERCHANT · 4 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.
MERCHANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MERCHANT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MERCHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found MERCHANT?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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