tessellate

Verb

fit together exactly, of identical shapes
- "triangles tessellate"
tile with tesserae
- "tessellate the kitchen floor"
To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.
to cover a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes.
To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge.

Adj

tessellated

Examples

"It is possible to tessellate the plane with equilateral triangles and regular hexagons."
"Regular hexagons tessellate."

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres
Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores
Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor.
Latin tessera
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin tessella
Latin -ātus
Latin tessellātuslbor.
English tessellate
Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Scrabble Score: 10

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

Words With Friends Score: 12

tessellate is a valid Words With Friends word