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Is mercy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mercy is a Scrabble US word. The word mercy is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is mercy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mercy is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is mercy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word mercy is a Words With Friends word. The word mercy is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

MERCY,

4-letter words (3 found)

CREM,CYME,MERC,

3-letter words (7 found)

CRY,ERM,MYC,REC,REM,RYE,YER,

2-letter words (6 found)

EM,ER,ME,MY,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 18 words from mercy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of mercy

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Definitions and meaning of mercy

mercy

Etymology

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. Cognate with French merci.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɜːsi/
  • (General American) enPR: mûrʹsē, IPA(key): /ˈmɝsi/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)si
  • Hyphenation: mer‧cy

Noun

mercy (countable and uncountable, plural mercies)

  1. (uncountable) Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
    Antonyms: mercilessness, ruthlessness, cruelty
  2. (uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
  3. (uncountable) A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion.
  4. (countable) Instances of forbearance or forgiveness.
  5. (countable) A blessing; something to be thankful for.
  6. (uncountable) A children's game in which two players stand opposite with hands grasped and twist each other's arms until one gives in.

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Verb

mercy (third-person singular simple present mercies, present participle mercying, simple past and past participle mercied)

  1. To feel mercy
  2. To show mercy; to pardon or treat leniently because of mercy

Interjection

mercy

  1. Expressing surprise or alarm.
    Mercy! Look at the state of you!

Further reading

  • “mercy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “mercy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French mercier.

Verb

mercy

  1. Alternative form of mercien

Middle French

Noun

mercy m or f (plural mercys)

  1. mercy (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Source: wiktionary.org