Words Containing TAN

There are over 1.7K words with the letters TAN in English. From short TAN-words to long ones, find all the words that have TAN in it grouped by length, each valid in Scrabble, Wordle, and Words With Friends. You can also see five letter words with TAN.

3-Letter Words With TAN

Short high-frequency TAN-words:

tan

4-Letter Words With TAN

Common 4-letter TAN-words:

tank

stan

tana

tane

tang

tanh

tans

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5-Letter Words With TAN

Common 5-letter TAN-words:

stand

tanks

cotan

octan

rotan

stane

stang

tanga

tangi

tango

tangs

tangy

tanka

tanna

tansy

tanti

tanto

tanty

titan

witan

See all 5-letter TAN-words

6-Letter Words With TAN

Common 6-letter TAN-words:

stands

stance

extant

captan

coltan

istana

kirtan

mutant

stanch

stanol

stanza

stanze

syntan

tangas

tanged

tangly

tankia

tannas

tannin

tanuki

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158

7-Letter Words With TAN

Common 7-letter TAN-words:

distant

instant

tangent

actants

coltans

dotants

fructan

kirtans

puritan

stances

stanged

stanned

stanzos

tangies

tanging

tangram

tanners

tartans

titania

titanic

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8-Letter Words With TAN

Common 8-letter TAN-words:

standard

distance

instance

constant

standing

pakistan

astangas

botanize

fructans

habitant

instants

metanoia

pentanes

prytanea

reactant

satanism

sorbitan

stanning

sultanic

tandoors

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262

9-Letter Words With TAN

Common 9-letter TAN-words:

important

standards

substance

distances

instances

assistant

manhattan

reluctant

resistant

instantly

withstand

constants

detangled

overstand

puritanic

satanisms

stanchion

standoffs

tantalism

titanites

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245

10-Letter Words With TAN

Common 10-letter TAN-words:

resistance

importance

understand

assistance

acceptance

constantly

substances

expectancy

blatancies

combatants

consultant

detangling

handstands

incogitant

protanopia

stanchings

stanchless

standdowns

surfactant

tantalised

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210

11-Letter Words With TAN

Common 11-letter TAN-words:

substantial

inhabitants

inheritance

outstanding

protestants

rectangular

spontaneous

importantly

acceptances

acquittance

assistances

astrobotany

concomitant

distantness

instantness

metanephric

metanephros

permittance

repentances

tangleweeds

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157

12-Letter Words With TAN

Common 12-letter TAN-words:

standardized

metropolitan

simultaneous

acetanilides

cotangential

cyclopentane

grandstanded

hootanannies

intertangled

megapolitans

nonirritants

nonmilitants

nonresistant

outdistanced

precipitance

satanologies

stanniferous

supportances

tetanisation

ultradistant

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135

13-Letter Words With TAN

Common 13-letter TAN-words:

understanding

circumstances

substantially

charlatanisms

consectaneous

cryptanalysts

equidistances

ethnobotanies

ethnobotanist

inhabitancies

instantiation

nonresistance

nonresistants

postdebutante

precipitantly

readmittances

rehabilitants

representants

substantiates

tantalisingly

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14-Letter Words With TAN

Common 14-letter TAN-words:

simultaneously

archeobotanies

assistantships

ethnobotanists

instantiations

megalopolitans

militantnesses

misunderstands

nonacceptances

palaeobotanist

reacquaintance

simultaneities

simultaneouses

subcutaneously

subspontaneous

substantiators

superimportant

tantalizations

taratantaraing

technopolitans

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15-Letter Words With TAN

Common 15-letter TAN-words:

chemoattractant

circumstantiate

coinstantaneous

cryptanalytical

electromotances

intangibilities

metropolitanate

palaeobotanical

preacquaintance

puritanicalness

satanicalnesses

spontaneousness

standardisation

standoffishness

substantialized

substantializes

substantivizing

ultramontanists

unprotestantise

unsubstantially

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1,659 Common Words with TAN

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What is the highest scoring word in
Scrabble that contains TAN?

30 Points

The highest scoring word in Scrabble that contains TAN is substantivizing with a total of 30 points.

S 1

U 1

B 3

S 1

T 1

A 1

N 1

T 1

I 1

V 4

I 1

Z 10

I 1

N 1

G 2

A list of all TAN words with their Scrabble and Words with Friends points. You can also find a list of all words that start with TAN. Also commonly searched for are words that end in TAN. Try our five letter words with TAN page if you’re playing Wordle-like games or use the New York Times Wordle Solver for finding the NYT Wordle daily answer.

FAQ Words With Letters TAN

How many words containing TAN are in the English dictionary?

There are 1,659 words in the English dictionary that contain TAN, and most of them are 9 letters long (262 words of that length).
What's the longest word containing TAN?

The longest word containing TAN is "circumstantiate" at 15 letters long. If you're looking for a more everyday word, "simultaneously" is the longest common word containing TAN.
Are there any rare words containing TAN worth more in Scrabble?

Yes. Uncommon words like "standardization", "preacquaintance", "metropolitanize", "unprotestantize" contain TAN and can score big thanks to their unusual letters. "preacquaintance" is worth 30 points in Scrabble before any bonus tiles.
What are the most common words containing TAN?

Most words containing TAN are 9 letters long, including everyday words like "important", "standards", "substance", "distances", "instances".