'Merciful' — based on a Latin word meaning to soothe Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue 'Merciful' — based on a Latin word meaning to soothe last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LENIENT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LENIENT 'Merciful' — based on a Latin word meaning to soothe (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 10, 2017
6% AMO Latin 101 word (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 21, 2025
6% AMAT Latin 101 word (4) Eugene Sheffer Nov 18, 2025
5% IDEST That is, in Latin (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 29, 2025
5% SENSE Contextual word's meaning (5) Newsday Nov 28, 2025
5% SED Latin for "but" (3) New York Times Nov 27, 2025
5% MESHUGA Yiddish word meaning "foolish" (7) Universal Nov 26, 2025
5% CLEMENCY Mercy (8) (8) Puzzler Nov 22, 2025
5% TERRA Latin land (5) Thomas Joseph Nov 22, 2025
5% GENTLE Soothing (6) (6) Mirror Quick Nov 20, 2025

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