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Ornate

6 lettersadjectivecommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Elaborately decorated or embellished, often to an excessive degree in style or detail.

The ballroom ceiling was covered in ornate gilded plasterwork of extraordinary intricacy.

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or·nate

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flowery

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Common letters keep tile value low, but this word is easy to place and clears a balanced rack

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