tactile
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

tactile

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 25, 20262 min
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 25, 2026 is: tactile \TAK-tul\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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It's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 25th.

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Tactile is an adjective.

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It's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 25th. Today's word is tactile, also pronounced tactile, and spelled T-A-C-T-I-L-E. Tactile is an adjective. It typically describes something such as a sensation or experience relating to the sense

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of touch. It can also be used specifically to describe something that is perceptible by touch. Here's the word used in a sentence from USA Today. Streaming music services are great and their recommendation engines will serve up endless

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new tracks for listening. But vinyl records have a tactile appeal. Tactile has many relatives in English from the sometimes synonymous tangible to familiar words like intact, tacked, tangent, contingent, and even entire. All of these can be traced back

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