Definitions for tangrams

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tangrams tan·gram

Spelling: [tang-gruh m]

IPA: /ˈtæŋ grəm/

Tangrams is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 294 anagrams from letters in tangrams (aagmnrst).

Definitions for tangrams

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 tangrams

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

Examples for tangrams

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

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