merciful
Adjective
- Showing or exercising mercy; compassionate and forgiving.
- showing or giving mercy
- "sought merciful treatment for the captives"
- "a merciful god"
Adjective Satellite
- (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious
- "our merciful king"
Adj
- Showing mercy.
Examples
- A MERCIFUL opponent might not block your triple word score, but rarely.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English merciful, mercyful, equivalent to mercy + -ful. Displaced native Old English mildheort.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
merciful: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmerciful: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
merciful: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
merciful: valid Words With Friends Word