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MERCHES
Definition of MERCHES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of merch
noun
goods which are or were offered or intended for sale. goods connected with an entity whose primary activity is not the production or sale of such goods, such as a team, band, work of fiction, etc.
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Word DNA
MERCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, MERCH.
How it is built
Same root, MERCH · 1 relative 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.
MERCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MERCHES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found MERCHES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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