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Is svelte a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word svelte is a Scrabble US word. The word svelte is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is svelte a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word svelte is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word svelte is a Words With Friends word. The word svelte is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

SVELTE,

5-letter words (10 found)

ELVES,EVETS,LEETS,LEVES,SLEET,STEEL,STELE,TEELS,TELES,VELES,

4-letter words (22 found)

EELS,ELSE,ELTS,EVES,EVET,LEES,LEET,LEST,LETS,LEVE,LEVS,SEEL,SELE,SLEE,TEEL,TEES,TELE,TELS,VEES,VELE,VEST,VETS,

3-letter words (18 found)

EEL,ELS,ELT,EST,EVE,LEE,LES,LET,LEV,SEE,SEL,SET,SEV,TEE,TEL,TES,VEE,VET,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EL,ES,ET,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from svelte according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of svelte

svelte

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlt
  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛlt/, /ˈsfɛlt/

Adjective

svelte (comparative svelter, superlative sveltest)

  1. Attractively thin; gracefully slender. [from 1810s]
  2. Refined, delicate.

Usage notes

Used mainly as a compliment, whereas words like thin, scrawny and skinny could be used in negative connotations.

Synonyms

  • (attractively thin): lithe, slim, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender
  • (refined): elegant, gentle

Translations

Anagrams

  • levets

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian svelto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svɛlt/, /zvɛlt/

Adjective

svelte (plural sveltes)

  1. thin; slender
    Synonyms: dégagé, élancé, mince
    Antonyms: gros, large

Further reading

  • “svelte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzvɛl.te/, /ˈzvel.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlte, -elte
  • Hyphenation: svèl‧te, svél‧te

Adjective

svelte f pl

  1. feminine plural of svelto

Participle

svelte f pl

  1. feminine plural of svelto

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svelta, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

svelte (present tense svelt, past tense svalt, supine svolte, past participle svolten, present participle sveltande, imperative svelt)

  1. (intransitive) to feel hungry
  2. (intransitive) to starve
Alternative forms
  • svelta (a-infinitive)
Derived terms
  • sveltihel
  • svolten

Noun

svelte f (definite singular svelta, uncountable)

  1. hunger, starvation
  2. (card games) a two player card game wherein the goal is to "starve" the opponent of all their card

Etymology 2

Causative of svelte (Etymology 1). From Old Norse svelta, from Proto-Germanic *swaltijaną.

Verb

svelte (present tense svelter, past tense svelte, past participle svelt, passive infinitive sveltast, present participle sveltande, imperative svelt)

  1. (transitive) to starve (someone)
Alternative forms
  • svelta (a-infinitive)
Derived terms
  • svelte ut

References

  • “svelte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org