Silted
6 lettersverbmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Past tense of silt, meaning to have become blocked or filled with fine sediment deposited by flowing water.
“The old mill pond had silted up so badly that it was barely a few centimetres deep.”
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Ends in TED which is a very common Wordle pattern and the IL cluster is familiar and frequent
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Worth 6 points and a clean way to use common mid-value tiles without waste
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