ARCTANGENT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ARCTANGENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARCTANGENT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARCTANGENT is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARCTANGENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arctangentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARCTANGENT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ARCTANGENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARCTANGENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARCTANGENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In trigonometry, the angle whose tangent equals a given value, written arctan or tan to the power of minus one.
You compute an arctangent when you know the ratio of two sides of a right triangle and want the angle. Calculators label the button atan or tan with a small minus one.
How ARCTANGENT is used
Mathematical term used in trigonometry and programming.
- The arctangent of one is forty-five degrees.
- She used the arctangent to find the slope angle.
- Most programming languages include an arctangent function.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARCTANGENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARCTANGENT
1 longer words begin with ARCTANGENT.
Shorter words from the letters in ARCTANGENT
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Common questions about ARCTANGENT
- Is ARCTANGENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARCTANGENT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARCTANGENT worth?
- ARCTANGENT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARCTANGENT mean?
- In trigonometry, the angle whose tangent equals a given value, written arctan or tan to the power of minus one.
- What letters can be added to ARCTANGENT?
- ARCTANGENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ARCTANGENT:
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