mercy
Mercy can refer to a disposition to be kind and forgiving, leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice, or the feeling that motivates compassion.
Length
5
Scrabble
12
WWF
13
Starts
ME
Ends
RCY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “MERCY” Mean?
/ˈmɜːsi/
mercy has 5 documented senses across noun.
Noun
5 sensesleniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
“he threw himself on the mercy of the court”
Synonyms
a disposition to be kind and forgiving
“in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband”
Synonyms
the feeling that motivates compassion
Synonyms
something for which to be thankful
“it was a mercy we got out alive”
alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
“distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy”
Synonyms for MERCY
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
Length
5 letters
Starts With
M
Ends With
Y
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
M, E, R, C, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆MERCY has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆MERCY is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆MERCY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆MERCY uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
ME, ER, RC, CY
Trigrams
MER, ERC, RCY
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