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TAN

3 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big too short
(min 4)
Super Big too short
(min 4)

TAN is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

TANS-s 1 TANNER-ner 3 TANNEST-nest 5 TANNING-ning 5 TANNED-ned 3

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Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

TANNINGS 11
noun
  1. A light, brown-like colour.
  2. A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
    • She still has a tan from her vacation in Mexico.
    • I'm hoping to get a tan this weekend at the beach.
  3. The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
  4. An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
  5. uncountableusuallySynonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
  6. dialectalA twig or small switch.
adjective
  1. Yellowish-brown.
    • a tan suit
    • Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.
  2. Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun or an artificial process intended to mimic this effect.
    • You’re looking very tan this week.
verb
  1. intransitivetransitiveTo change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
    • No matter how long I stay out in the sun, I never tan, though I do burn.
  2. transitiveTo change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.
  3. stativetransitiveTo work as a tanner.
  4. informaltransitiveTo spank or beat.
  5. slangtransitiveTo kill by gun, to shoot.
numeral
  1. dialectalrareThe second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.