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Is tragus a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tragus a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

TRAGUS,TUGRAS,

5-letter words (11 found)

ARGUS,GAURS,GUARS,RAGUS,RATUS,STRAG,SUGAR,SURAT,SUTRA,TRUGS,TUGRA,

4-letter words (34 found)

ARTS,GARS,GART,GAST,GATS,GAUR,GAUS,GRAT,GUAR,GURS,GUST,GUTS,RAGS,RAGU,RAST,RATS,RATU,RUGA,RUGS,RUSA,RUST,RUTS,SAUT,STAG,STAR,SURA,TAGS,TARS,TAUS,TRUG,TSAR,TUGS,URSA,UTAS,

3-letter words (30 found)

AGS,ARS,ART,ATS,GAR,GAS,GAT,GAU,GUR,GUS,GUT,RAG,RAS,RAT,RUG,RUT,SAG,SAR,SAT,SAU,SUG,SUR,TAG,TAR,TAS,TAU,TUG,UGS,UTA,UTS,

2-letter words (11 found)

AG,AR,AS,AT,GU,ST,TA,UG,UR,US,UT,

You can make 88 words from tragus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tragus

tragus

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin tragus, from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat; part of the ear”); with reference to a tuft of hair, likened to a goat’s beard, that may grow on the tragus, especially in older men.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪ.ɡəs/
  • Rhymes: -eɪɡəs

Noun

tragus (plural tragi)

  1. (anatomy) The small piece of thick cartilage on the inner side of the external ear that is immediately in front of and partly closing the ear canal.

Derived terms

  • antitragus
  • intertragic
  • post-tragus
  • tragal

Translations

References

  • “tragus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “tragus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • Struga, tugras

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “a he-goat”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ɡus/, [ˈt̪räɡʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtra.ɡus/, [ˈt̪räːɡus]

Noun

tragus m (genitive tragī); second declension

  1. The goatlike smell of the armpits.
  2. A kind of fish.

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

→ English: tragus

References

  • “tragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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