Is MERCENARY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, MERCENARY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does MERCENARY mean?
- noun
a person hired to fight for another country than their own
- adjective
marked by materialism
- adjective
serving for wages in a foreign army
“mercenary killers”
- adjective
profit oriented
“a commercial book”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
9
Letters
M (3) + E (1) + R (1) + C (3) + E (1) + N (1) + A (1) + R (1) + Y (4) = 16 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for MERCENARY
MERCENARY has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from MERCENARY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- creamery15
- mercery14
- creamy13
- cymene13
- errancy12
- cymae12
- cymar12
- mercy12
- amercer11
- creamer11
- menacer11
- carney11
- cyma11
- cyme11
- yearner10
- amerce10
- carmen10
- menace10
- mercer10
- raceme10
- carny10
- carry10
- cryer10
- emery10
- enemy10
- marry10
- meany10
- merry10
- yamen10
- myc10
- yarner9
- cream9
- creme9
- macer9
- army9
- cyan9
- many9
- myna9
- racy9
- careen8
- career8
- meaner8
- reamer8
- recane8
- rename8
- yarer8
- yearn8
- acme8
- came8
- cram8
- mace8
- marc8
- merc8
- cay8
- cry8
- may8
- yam8
- ameer7
- armer7
- caner7
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