What TESSERA Means
- noun: a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TESSERA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 E1 S1 S1 E1 R1 A1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 57 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of TESSERA (7)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In TESSERA
170 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (26)
ARETESASSERTASTERSEASERSEASTEREATERSERASESESTERSREASTSREATESREESTSRESEATRESETSSAETERSAREESSEATERSERESTSTARESSTEARESTEARSSTEERSSTERESSTRAESTASERSTEASERTEASES
5 letter words (51)
ARETEARETSASSETASTEREARSTEASEREASESEASTSEATERERASEERSESESTERRASESRASSERATESREASTREATEREESTRESATRESESRESETRESTSSAREESASERSATESSEARESEARSSEASESEATSSEERSSERESSETAESTARESTARSSTEARSTEERSTERESTRAETARESTASERTASSETEARSTEASETEERSTERASTERESTERSETRASSTREESTRESSTSARS
4 letter words (48)
ARESARETARTSATESEARSEASEEASTEATSERASERESERSTESESESSEESTSETASRASERASTRATERATSREESRESTRETERETSSARSSATESEARSEASSEATSEERSEESSERASERESERSSESESETASETSSTARTAESTARETARSTASSTEARTEASTEERTEESTREETRESTSAR
3 letter words (32)
2 letter words (13)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.