Effete

6 lettersadjectiverare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Marked by an overrefined, affected manner that is weak and lacking in vigour or vitality.

“Critics dismissed him as an effete aesthete who had lost touch with ordinary life.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

ef·fete

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Synonyms

decadentenervatedexhausted

Antonyms

vigorousrobust dynamic

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Double F near the start and double E at the end, four vowels in six letters with three Es

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Scrabble

Double F gives 8 combined points, vowel-heavy with three Es, T and the second E serve as low-value fillers

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “effete”.

effet feet fete teff

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