Definitions For Tan

noun

  • A light brown the color of topaz
  • Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
  • A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
  • A browning of the skin that is caused by the sun's rays
  • A light brown color

verb

  • Get a tan, from wind or sun
  • Treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
  • To cause (skin) to become darker especially from being exposed to the sun's rays
  • To become darker especially from being exposed to the sun's rays
  • To change (the skin of an animal) into leather by a chemical process

adjective

  • Of a light yellowish-brown color

Is Tan a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
3
Words with Friends
4

The word Tan is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Tan in a Sentence

  • I can't believe how tan she is!
  • A horse with tan markings
  • I got a tan on my vacation.

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