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TESSITURA
Definition of TESSITURA
noun
The most acceptable and comfortable vocal range for a singer or musical instrument; the range in which a given type of voice presents its best-sounding timbre.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian tessitura. Doublet of texture.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TESSITURA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
TESSITURA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEIRSSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TESSIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TESSITURA?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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