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SVELTE
Definition of SVELTE
adjective
Attractively thin; gracefully slender.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French svelte, from Italian svelto (“stretched out”), past participle of svellere (“to pluck out, root out”), from Vulgar Latin *exvellere, from ex + vellere (“to pluck, stretch”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SVELTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 155 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SVELTE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EELSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SVELTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found SVELTE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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