Is TANGENT a word?
TANGENT is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 56 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, TANGENT is a valid word.
What does tangent mean?
noun: a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
TANGENT: word details
- Pronunciation: TAN-juhnt (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside tangent
Words you can make from the letters of tangent.
Solve a whole rack, not just TANGENT
TANGENT is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does TANGENT mean?
TANGENT is a noun. It means: a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point.
Is TANGENT a valid word?
Yes, TANGENT is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.