8-Letter Words Starting With MER

There are 15 8-letter words that start with MER. 8 are common words, such as MERCHANT and MERCIFUL. A rarer one is MEROPIAS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 15

merchantmercifulmercuricmeridianmeringuemeritingmermaidsmerriestmerenguemeristemmeristicmeronymymercaptomergencemeropias

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Words
15 (8 common words)
Common example
merchant
Rare example
meropias
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
I (10)

Questions

How many 8-letter words starting with mer are there?

15. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

MERCHANT is among the common words in this set.