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

tant

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5-Letter Words With TAN

Common 5-letter TAN-words:

stand

tanks

cotan

octan

rotan

stang

tanas

tangi

tango

tangs

tangy

tanka

tanky

tanna

tansy

tante

tanti

tanto

titan

witan

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6-Letter Words With TAN

Common 6-letter TAN-words:

stands

stance

extant

captan

gitano

octans

rotans

satang

sextan

stanch

staned

stanze

tangie

tangle

tangly

tangun

tankia

tannah

tannia

tartan

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166

7-Letter Words With TAN

Common 7-letter TAN-words:

distant

instant

tangent

botanic

butanol

capitan

capstan

cetanes

dotants

habitan

heptane

kaftans

moutans

puritan

standen

tandoor

tangelo

tanking

tantrum

tanukis

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232

8-Letter Words With TAN

Common 8-letter TAN-words:

standard

distance

instance

constant

standing

pakistan

bedstand

botanics

capitani

capitans

fontange

outstand

pristane

saltando

satanise

stannous

tangelos

tanglier

tankinis

tartanry

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270

9-Letter Words With TAN

Common 9-letter TAN-words:

important

standards

substance

distances

instances

assistant

manhattan

reluctant

resistant

instantly

withstand

constants

capitanos

incitants

isooctane

reactants

ringstand

sextanses

tanginess

tetanized

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256

10-Letter Words With TAN

Common 10-letter TAN-words:

resistance

importance

understand

assistance

acceptance

constantly

substances

expectancy

accountant

botanizing

coadjutant

hesitantly

immittance

pentanoate

standstill

stannotype

surfactant

tangential

thinktanks

unstanched

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224

11-Letter Words With TAN

Common 11-letter TAN-words:

substantial

inhabitants

inheritance

outstanding

protestants

rectangular

spontaneous

importantly

admittances

catananches

comportance

constancies

pentandrian

polychaetan

protanopias

stannotypes

subitaneous

supportance

tangibility

tantalising

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171

12-Letter Words With TAN

Common 12-letter TAN-words:

standardized

metropolitan

simultaneous

acetanilides

attractances

concomitance

gammerstangs

instantiates

momentaneous

nonresistant

puritanising

reacceptance

satanophobia

standardised

standardizer

sumatriptans

supportances

susceptances

ultradistant

verumontanum

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144

13-Letter Words With TAN

Common 13-letter TAN-words:

understanding

circumstances

substantially

accountancies

concomitances

distantiating

inconstancies

instantaneity

insubstantial

intangibility

paleobotanies

postdebutante

reacceptances

representants

spontaneously

tantalization

tetanisations

ultramilitant

unacceptances

unsubstantial

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14-Letter Words With TAN

Common 14-letter TAN-words:

simultaneously

archeobotanies

concubitancies

disinheritance

distantiations

ethnobotanical

grandstandings

metanarratives

militantnesses

paleobotanical

paleobotanists

substantialise

substantialist

substantiality

substantiation

substantivized

tangiblenesses

ultradistances

upstandingness

weltanschauung

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15-Letter Words With TAN

Common 15-letter TAN-words:

archeobotanists

coinstantaneity

consubstantiate

cosmopolitanise

counterinstance

counterirritant

cryptanalytical

palaeobotanists

preacquaintance

rangatiratangas

spontaneousness

standardisation

standardization

substantialises

substantialness

substantiveness

substantivities

transubstantial

unacquaintances

unconsentaneous

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1,748 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 preacquaintance with a total of 30 points.

P 3

R 1

E 1

A 1

C 3

Q 10

U 1

A 1

I 1

N 1

T 1

A 1

N 1

C 3

E 1

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 1,748 words in the English dictionary that contain TAN, and most of them are 9 letters long (270 words of that length).
What's the longest word containing TAN?

The longest word containing TAN is "transubstantial" 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", "unprotestantize", "metropolitanize" 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".