Meaning
- (adjective) Jolly and full of high spirits. “We had a very merry Christmas.”
- (adjective) Festive and full of fun and laughter. “Everyone was merry at the party.”
- (adjective) Brisk “The play moved along at a merry pace.”
- (adjective) Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight. “a merry jest”
- (adjective) Drunk; tipsy “Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.”
Letter breakdown
- Merriest contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
Words from these letters
- retires
- retries
- merest
- merits
- meters
- mister
- miters
- remits
- retire
- terser
- timers
- emirs
- emits
- ester
- items
- meets
- meres
- merit
- meter
- metes
- mires
- miser
- miter
- mites
- remit
- reset
- rimes
- riser
- rites
- serer
- smite
- steer
- teems
- terms
- terse
- tiers
- timer
- times
- tires
- trees
- tries
- trims
- emir
- emit
- errs
- item
- meet
- mere
- mete
- mire
- mist
- mite
- reis
- rest
- rime
- rims
- rise
- rite
- seem
Connected words
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with MER
- mercantile
- mercenaries
- mercenary
- mercerize
- mercerized
- mercerizes
- mercerizing
- merchandise
- merchandised
- merchandises
- merchandising
- merchandize
- merchandized
- merchandizes
- merchandizing
- merchant
- merchantman
- merchantmen
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Words ending with EST
Reader questions
What does Merriest mean?
Jolly and full of high spirits.
How many letters are in Merriest?
Merriest has 8 letters.
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