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Yes. The word tangle is a Scrabble US word. The word tangle is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word tangle is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

GELANT,TANGLE,

5-letter words (9 found)

AGENT,AGLET,ANGEL,ANGLE,GENAL,GLEAN,GLENT,LATEN,LEANT,

4-letter words (35 found)

AGEN,ANTE,EGAL,ELAN,ETNA,GAEN,GALE,GANE,GANT,GATE,GEAL,GEAN,GEAT,GELT,GENA,GENT,GETA,GLEN,GNAT,LANE,LANG,LANT,LATE,LEAN,LEAT,LENG,LENT,NEAL,NEAT,TAEL,TALE,TANE,TANG,TEAL,TELA,

3-letter words (35 found)

AGE,ALE,ALT,ANE,ANT,ATE,EAN,EAT,ELT,ENG,ETA,GAE,GAL,GAN,GAT,GEL,GEN,GET,LAG,LAT,LEA,LEG,LET,NAE,NAG,NAT,NEG,NET,TAE,TAG,TAN,TEA,TEG,TEL,TEN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AL,AN,AT,EA,EL,EN,ET,LA,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 96 words from tangle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tangle

tangle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæŋ.ɡl̩/
  • Rhymes: -æŋɡəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below.

Verb

tangle (third-person singular simple present tangles, present participle tangling, simple past and past participle tangled)

  1. (transitive) To mix together or intertwine.
    Synonyms: entangle, knot, mat, snarl
  2. (intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined.
    Synonyms: dishevel, tousle
    Antonyms: untangle, unsnarl
  3. (intransitive, figurative) To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
    Synonyms: argue, conflict, dispute, fight
  4. (transitive) To catch and hold.
    Synonyms: ensnare, entrap
Derived terms
  • betangle
  • entangle
  • it takes two to tangle
  • tanglelegs
Translations

Noun

tangle (plural tangles)

  1. A tangled twisted mass.
  2. A complicated or confused state or condition.
  3. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
  4. (mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
  5. (medicine) A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.
  6. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
Synonyms
  • (tangled twisted mass): knot, mess, snarl
  • (complicated or confused state or condition): maze, snarl
  • (argument, conflict, dispute, or fight): argument, conflict, dispute, fight
Derived terms
  • tanglefish (Syngnathus acus)
  • tanglesome
  • tau tangle
Translations

Etymology 2

Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish tang or Swedish tång, from Old Norse þongull, þang. See also Norwegian tongul, Faroese tongul, Icelandic þöngull.

Noun

tangle (countable and uncountable, plural tangles)

  2. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
  3. (in the plural) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
  4. (Scotland) Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.
Hyponyms
  • kombu

Further reading

  • “tangle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “tangle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “tangle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • gelant, langet, netlag

Source: wiktionary.org