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MERCURY

7 letters

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Classic 5 pts
Big 5 pts
Super Big 5 pts

MERCURY is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

noun
  1. countableuncountableA silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic.
  2. countableuncountablePreceded by the: mercury (noun sense 1) as used in the column of a barometer or thermometer, its fall or rise thus indicating the decrease or increase of ambient pressure or temperature.
    • The mercury there has averaged 37.6°C, 2.3°C above the February norm.
  3. countablehistoricaluncountableA preparation containing mercury (noun sense 1), especially calomel (mercurous chloride) or corrosive sublimate (mercuric chloride), formerly used as a medicine to treat syphilis, etc.
  4. countablehistoricaluncountableOne of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.
  5. countablefigurativelyobsoleteuncountableLiveliness, volatility.
  6. countableuncountableAn annual plant, now generally called annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), chiefly native to central and southern Europe which was formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.
  7. countableuncountableAny of several plants of the genus Mercurialis; specifically (obsolete), dog's mercury or wild mercury (Mercurialis perennis).
  8. countableuncountableAllgood or Good King Henry (Blitum bonus-henricus), a species of goosefoot native to central and southern Europe formerly cultivated as a vegetable but now generally regarded as a weed; English mercury, false mercury (obsolete).
  9. NortheasternUScountableuncountablePoison ivy or poison oak (genus Toxicodendron, especially the eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) or Atlantic poison oak (Toxicodendron pubescens)).
verb
  1. historicaltransitiveTo apply or coat (something) with mercury (noun sense 1) or a preparation containing mercury.
  2. historicalobsoleterarespecificallytransitiveto apply to (the face) a preparation of mercury to beautify it
  3. historicaltransitiveTo administer to (someone) a medicine containing mercury.