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Yes. The word conga is a Scrabble US word. The word conga is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

CONGA,

4-letter words (2 found)

AGON,CANG,

3-letter words (11 found)

AGO,CAG,CAN,COG,CON,GAN,GOA,GON,NAG,NOG,OCA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AG,AN,GO,NA,NO,ON,

You can make 20 words from conga according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of conga

conga ocnga cnoga ncoga oncga nocga cogna ocgna cgona gcona ogcna gocna cngoa ncgoa cgnoa gcnoa ngcoa gncoa ongca nogca ognca gonca ngoca gnoca conag ocnag cnoag ncoag oncag nocag coang ocang caong acong oacng aocng cnaog ncaog canog acnog nacog ancog onacg noacg oancg aoncg naocg anocg cogan ocgan cgoan gcoan ogcan gocan coagn ocagn caogn acogn oacgn aocgn cgaon gcaon cagon acgon gacon agcon ogacn goacn oagcn aogcn gaocn agocn cngao ncgao cgnao gcnao ngcao gncao cnago ncago cango acngo nacgo ancgo cgano gcano cagno acgno gacno agcno ngaco gnaco nagco angco ganco agnco ongac nogac ognac gonac ngoac gnoac onagc noagc oangc aongc naogc anogc oganc goanc oagnc aognc gaonc agonc ngaoc gnaoc nagoc angoc ganoc agnoc

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Definitions and meaning of conga

conga

Etymology

For the dance:

  • Borrowed from Spanish Congo (“Congo dance”), so-called for being of sub-Saharan African origin.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒŋɡə/
  • (US) enPR: kängʹgə, IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə
  • Homophone: conger (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

conga (plural congas)

  1. (music) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
  2. (dance) A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain. [from 1935]

Derived terms

  • conga line

Translations

Verb

conga (third-person singular simple present congas, present participle congaing, simple past and past participle congaed)

  1. To dance the conga.

See also

  • bunny hop

Further reading

  • conga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • conga line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Cogan

Dutch

Etymology

Likely borrowed from English conga, from Spanish conga, from Congo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔŋ.ɡaː/
  • Hyphenation: con‧ga

Noun

conga f (plural conga's)

  1. (music) A conga (tall, narrow Cuban hand drum used in pairs).
  2. (music, uncountable) Conga (Cuban march music and dance style).

French

Pronunciation

Noun

conga f (plural congas)

  1. conga (dance)

Further reading

  • “conga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • cogna

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French conga.

Noun

conga f (uncountable)

  1. conga (drum)
  2. conga (dance)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkonɡa/ [ˈkõŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -onɡa
  • Syllabification: con‧ga

Noun

conga f (plural congas)

  1. conga (dance)

Further reading

  • “conga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org