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MERCY
Definition of MERCY
noun
Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mercy, merci, from Anglo-Norman merci (compare continental Old French merci, mercit), from Latin mercēs (“wages, fee, price”), from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Displaced native Old English mildheortnes (literally "mildheartedness"). Cognate with French merci, whence the doublet merci.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MERCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MERCY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEMRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found MERCY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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