MERCANTILE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MERCANTILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MERCANTILE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MERCANTILE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MERCANTILE
No single letter turns MERCANTILE into another word.
How MERCANTILE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MERCANTILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MERCANTILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MERCANTILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to merchants, trade or commerce.
Mercantile belongs mostly to business history and to formal titles, such as a mercantile bank or a mercantile law. It can also hint at a profit-minded attitude, and it is linked to the old economic theory called mercantilism.
How MERCANTILE is used
Mercantile is used in formal and historical writing about trade and merchants.
- The city grew rich through mercantile activity.
- He came from an old mercantile family.
- A mercantile exchange opened in the harbour district.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MERCANTILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MERCANTILE
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Common questions about MERCANTILE
- Is MERCANTILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MERCANTILE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MERCANTILE worth?
- MERCANTILE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MERCANTILE mean?
- Relating to merchants, trade or commerce.
- What letters can be added to MERCANTILE?
- No single letter can be added to MERCANTILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MERCANTILE:
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