merida

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ.ɪ.də/

Definition of merida

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    “The defendants, Leonard Morgan, Felix Forman, William Poe, Steve Forman and Jim Hatchett Baker, Merida Smith, Tine Williams and Bud Tegarden, composed the Poe crowd […]”
    “Rachel Atkinson. […] Merida Smith. […] Nellie Myers.”
    “QUEEN ELINOR — Merida, a princess does not place her weapons on the table.”
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name

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    “The defendants, Leonard Morgan, Felix Forman, William Poe, Steve Forman and Jim Hatchett Baker, Merida Smith, Tine Williams and Bud Tegarden, composed the Poe crowd […]”
    “Rachel Atkinson. […] Merida Smith. […] Nellie Myers.”
    “QUEEN ELINOR — Merida, a princess does not place her weapons on the table.”
  2. A habitational surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a coinage based on Mary, or transferred from the Spanish place name Mérida.

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