Tangy

5 lettersadjective

Updated June 2026

Definition

having a sharp pungent flavour

“The tangy lemon dressing lifted the salad.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

tang·y

Related Words

Synonyms

lemonylemonlikesourishtart

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Wordle

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Words Related to Tangy

Words one letter different

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bangy cangy fangy mangy rangy taggy tandy tanga tangi tango tangs tanny tansy tanzy

Words you can make from Tangy

Shorter words formed from the letters in “tangy”.

gant gnat yang

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