What MERCURY Means
- noun: a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
- noun: temperature measured by a mercury thermometer“the mercury was falling rapidly”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
MERCURY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 E1 R1 C3 U1 R1 Y4.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In MERCURY
48 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (7)
4 letter words (11)
3 letter words (19)
2 letter words (10)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.