What it means
- (noun) One motivated by gain, especially monetary.
- (noun) A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.
- (noun) One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
Letter analysis
- Mercenaries contains 11 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 15.
Related words
Other 11-letter words
- abandonment
- abbreviated
- abbreviates
- abdications
- aberrations
- abjurations
- abnormality
- abominating
- abomination
- aboriginals
- abortionist
- abracadabra
- abridgement
- abridgments
- abrogations
- absenteeism
- abstentions
- abstracting
Words starting with MER
- mercantile
- mercenary
- mercerize
- mercerized
- mercerizes
- mercerizing
- merchandise
- merchandised
- merchandises
- merchandising
- merchandize
- merchandized
- merchandizes
- merchandizing
- merchant
- merchantman
- merchantmen
- merchants
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Words ending with IES
Sub-words
- creameries
- carmines
- creamers
- creamier
- increase
- mariners
- sincerer
- arsenic
- careens
- careers
- carmine
- carries
- cinemas
- creamer
- earners
- enemies
- ermines
- mariner
- marines
- marries
- menaces
- mercies
- racemes
- reamers
- remains
- renames
- scarier
- seamier
- seminar
- serener
- sincere
- aeries
- airmen
- ameers
- anemic
- arisen
- armies
- cairns
- careen
- career
- caries
- casein
- censer
- cerise
- cinema
- cranes
- creams
- crease
- criers
- crimes
- earner
- easier
- eerier
- emcees
- encase
- enemas
- eraser
- ermine
- inseam
Common questions
What does Mercenaries mean?
One motivated by gain, especially monetary.
How many letters are in Mercenaries?
Mercenaries has 11 letters.
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