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SVELTER
Definition of SVELTER
adjective
comparative form of svelte: more svelte
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Word DNA
SVELTER inherits its ancestry from its root, SVELTE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SVELTE · 3 relatives in the game
SVELTER in a sentence
“And since those gorgeous campaign shots of her pouting for Jimmy Choo spring/summer 2011 dropped last month, the hot-to-trot poster girl of va-va-voom curves can only be described as svelter than svelte.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, 2011
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SVELTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 111 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SVELTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EELRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SVELTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SVELTER?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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