MERCIFUL

What MERCIFUL Means

1. adjective: showing or giving mercy“sought merciful treatment for the captives”
2. adjective: (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious“our merciful king”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MERCIFUL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 E1 R1 C3 I1 F4 U1 L1.

Anagrams of MERCIFUL (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In MERCIFUL

156 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (2)

6 letter words (7)

5 letter words (23)

4 letter words (68)

3 letter words (43)

2 letter words (13)

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