Definition of TESSERA

tessera

Meanings

Plural: tesserae

Noun

  • 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.

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 is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tessera is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tessera is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

tessera is a valid Words With Friends word