10-Letter Words Starting With MER

There are 21 10-letter words that start with MER. 7 are common words, such as MERCANTILE and MERCERIZED. A rarer one is MEROMYOSIN. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 21

mercantilemercerizedmercerizesmercifullymergansersmerrimentsmerrymakermercaptidemeridionalmeritocratmeronymousmerozoitesmerbrominsmercaptansmercerisedmercerisesmerchantedmercuratedmercuratesmercurialsmeromyosin

About this list

Words
21 (7 common words)
Common example
mercantile
Rare example
meromyosin
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
10
Most frequent letter
I (14)

Questions

How many 10-letter words starting with mer are there?

21. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

MERCANTILE is among the common words in this set.