The word tangent is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • tangent n. (Differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
  • tangent n. (Mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real…
  • tangent n. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.

36 valid words from 3 definitions

AN ANGLE AT BUT COMMON COSINE CROSSING CURVE DIFFERENTIAL EITHER FUNCTION GEOMETRY GIVES HAVING IN IT LINE MAIN MATHEMATICS NEARLY OF POINT RATIO REAL SINE SINGLE STRAIGHT THAT THE THERE TO TOPIC TOUCHING UNRELATED WITH WITHOUT

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AN EN GEN GENT TA TAN TANG

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AT GNAT NA NAT NE NEG

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

TANGENTS TANGENTAL TANGENTIAL TANGENTALLY TANGENTIALLY TANGENTIALITY TANGENTIALITIES

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

COTANGENTS ARCTANGENTS SUBTANGENTS COTANGENTIAL

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

COTANGENT ARCTANGENT SUBTANGENT

One anagram plus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+S TANGENTS

2 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-G TENANT
-T GANNET

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 31606 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 219582 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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