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

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

UNGUAL,UNGULA,

4-letter words (11 found)

AGLU,GAUN,GUAN,GULA,LANG,LUAU,LUNA,LUNG,ULAN,ULNA,UNAU,

3-letter words (13 found)

ALU,GAL,GAN,GAU,GNU,GUL,GUN,LAG,LUG,LUN,NAG,NUG,ULU,

2-letter words (9 found)

AG,AL,AN,GU,LA,NA,NU,UG,UN,

You can make 35 words from ungula according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ungula

ungula

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ungula (“claw, hoof”), from unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).

Noun

ungula (plural ungulae)

  1. A hoof, claw, or talon.
  2. (geometry) A section of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
  3. (botany) Alternative form of unguis
  4. A surgical instrument for use in removing a dead fetus.

Anagrams

  • ungual

Interlingua

Noun

ungula (plural ungulas)

  1. nail, ungula

Latin

Etymology

From unguis (“fingernail, talon”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈun.ɡu.la/, [ˈʊŋɡʊɫ̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈun.ɡu.la/, [ˈuŋɡulä]

Noun

ungula f (genitive ungulae); first declension

  1. hoof, claw
  2. (figuratively) a horse
  3. an aromatic spice

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • ungulātus

Related terms

  • unguis

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: unglji, unglje, unghie
    • Istro-Romanian: ungľă
    • Megleno-Romanian: ungľă
    • Romanian: unghie
  • Dalmatian:
    • jongla
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: unghia
    • Neapolitan: ogna
      Tarantino: unghie
    • Sicilian: ugna
  • North-Italian:
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Emilian: ongia, ungia
      • Ligurian: óngia
      • Lombard: ongia
      • Piedmontese: ongia, ongie
      • Romagnol: ongia, ungia
    • Friulian: ongule
    • Romansch: ungla
    • Venetian: ongia, onza
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: ungla
    • Franco-Provençal: ongla
    • Old French: ongle
      • French: ongle
      • Walloon: ongue
    • Gascon: ungla, uncla
    • Occitan: ongla, ungla
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: ungla
    • Asturian: uña
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: unlla, unna
      • Galician: uña, unlla
      • Portuguese: unha
        • Papiamentu: uña, huña
    • Spanish: uña
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: ungra, unga
  • Borrowings:
    • → English: ungula
    • → Interlingua: ungula

References

  • “ungula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ungula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ungula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org