merciful

merciful is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.
2. adjective. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
3. adjective. (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious

   "our merciful king"

4. adjective. showing or giving mercy

   "sought merciful treatment for the captives"

   "a merciful god"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in merciful:

crimeful

Common word forms

mercifully, mercifulness

Words from these letters

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