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MERCHANTS
Definition of MERCHANTS
noun
plural of merchant
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MERCHANTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MERCHANTS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMNRST - 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 44
Could you have found MERCHANTS?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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