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MERCIFIED
Definition of MERCIFIED
verb
simple past and past participle of mercify
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Word DNA
MERCIFIED inherits its ancestry from its root, MERCY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MERCY · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MERCIFIED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 109 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MERCIFIED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEFIIMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MERCIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found MERCIFIED?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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