Definitions for tangram

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tangram tan·gram

Spelling: [tang-gruh m]

IPA: /ˈtæŋ grəm/

Tangram is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in tangram (aagmnrt).

Definitions for tangram

noun

1. a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.

Origin of tangram

1860-65; tang-, perhaps Chinese Táng T'ang, i.e., Chinese + -gram¹

Examples for tangram

tangram, tan′gram, n. a Chinese puzzle, consisting of a square of wood cut into seven pieces of various shapes.

One remarkable thing about these tangram pictures is that they suggest to the imagination such a lot that is not really there.