Essayer
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A person who attempts or tries something, or one who essays a task or undertaking.
“A celebrated essayer of difficult musical passages, he was known for tackling pieces others refused.”
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es·say·er
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Wordle
E-S-S-A-Y-E-R has double S and ESSAY embedded as the root, with -ER as the agentive suffix
Scrabble
Worth 10 points, the double S and Y give good tile value for a relatively uncommon agentive noun
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