What TANGENT Means
- noun: a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
- noun: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TANGENT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 A1 N1 G2 E1 N1 T1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In TANGENT
67 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (2)
4 letter words (23)
3 letter words (29)
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.