Svelte
6 lettersadjectivemoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Attractively slim and graceful in figure or build.
“She cut a svelte silhouette in her fitted evening dress.”
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Starts with the rare SV- consonant cluster, Wordle words rarely begin with SV, making this a very tricky opening to guess
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Worth 9 points with V scoring 4, the unusual SV- start can be hard to place but V adds solid tile value
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