Legato
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A musical direction indicating that notes should be played smoothly and without interruption or breaks between them.
“The cellist played the passage legato, each note flowing seamlessly into the next.”
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le·ga·to
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Wordle
Ends in -ATO and starts with LEG, with three vowels making it vowel-rich for Wordle
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G scores 2 points and three vowels make this helpful when holding a vowel-heavy rack
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