TAN is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. TAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAN?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 499.
What stands out about TAN
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A brown colour produced in skin by the sun.
Tan came from the tanning of leather, which used oak bark and turned hides brown. The skin sense arrived in the sixteenth century, when being tanned meant working outdoors rather than taking a holiday.
How TAN is used
Countable and uncountable. Also a verb and adjective.
- A tan that dark takes a fortnight and costs later.
- The word tan came from tanning leather with oak bark.
- They tanned hides in that yard for two centuries.
- Tan as a colour is named after the process.
- Two tan shoes and neither the same shade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TAN
The 3 tiles of TAN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TAN
Showing 24 of 234 words that begin with TAN.
Words ending in TAN
Showing 24 of 66 words that end in TAN. Useful as a back hook: play TAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with TAN inside
Showing 24 of 1392 words that contain TAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TAN
Common questions about TAN
- Is TAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAN, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAN worth?
- TAN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAN mean?
- A brown colour produced in skin by the sun.
- What letters can be added to TAN?
- TAN takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TAN:
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