TACAN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TACAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TACAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TACAN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TACAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tacansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TACAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TACAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does TACAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An electronic navigation system that gives an aircraft its bearing and distance from a fixed ground or shipboard beacon.
A tacan station sends out signals that an aircraft receiver interprets as a compass direction and a range in nautical miles, letting pilots find their position without relying on ground landmarks. Military aircraft first used tacan because it worked in weather and terrain where older navigation aids failed, and many civilian airports still keep a tacan beacon paired with a VOR station for aircraft equipped either way. The name itself began as an acronym for tactical air navigation before settling into ordinary use as a common noun for the system.
How TACAN is used
Technical aviation term, chiefly used by pilots, air traffic controllers, and military navigation specialists.
- The pilot tuned into the local tacan for an accurate bearing.
- Military bases often maintain their own tacan beacon.
- The aircraft lost its tacan signal during the storm.
- A tacan station can give both distance and direction to a plane.
- Older airports paired a tacan with a civilian VOR beacon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TACAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TACAN
1 longer words begin with TACAN.
Shorter words from the letters in TACAN
Common questions about TACAN
- Is TACAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TACAN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TACAN worth?
- TACAN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TACAN mean?
- An electronic navigation system that gives an aircraft its bearing and distance from a fixed ground or shipboard beacon.
- What letters can be added to TACAN?
- TACAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TACAN:
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