tessera
Plural: tesserae
Noun
- A small square tile used in mosaic work.
- a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
- A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.
- complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton
- An ancient Roman die.
Examples
- Each letter on the Words With Friends board is like a tessera, contributing to a larger pattern.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
Scrabble Score: 7
tessera: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtessera: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tessera: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
tessera: valid Words With Friends Word