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MERCHETS
Definition of MERCHETS
noun
plural of merchet
noun
In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker.
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Word DNA
MERCHETS inherits its ancestry from its root, MERCHET.
Line of descent
- Welsh
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (59)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MERCHET · 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.
MERCHETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 133, 30 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MERCHETS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found MERCHETS?
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 133 - and most players walked straight past it.
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