Elegist
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A writer who specialises in composing elegies or mournful poems in honour of the dead.
“Regarded as the greatest elegist of his generation, his funeral poems were read at services across the country.”
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el·e·gist
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Ends in -IST, a common suffix pattern, and the ELE- opening is less common in Wordle guesses
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