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Is valgus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word valgus is a Scrabble US word. The word valgus is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is valgus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word valgus is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is valgus a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word valgus is a Words With Friends word. The word valgus is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

VALGUS,

5-letter words (5 found)

AGLUS,GULAS,GUSLA,ULVAS,VAGUS,

4-letter words (19 found)

AGLU,ALUS,GALS,GAUS,GULA,GULS,GUVS,LAGS,LAVS,LUGS,LUVS,SAUL,SLAG,SLUG,ULVA,UVAS,VAGS,VAUS,VUGS,

3-letter words (25 found)

AGS,ALS,ALU,GAL,GAS,GAU,GUL,GUS,GUV,LAG,LAS,LAV,LUG,LUV,SAG,SAL,SAU,SAV,SUG,UGS,UVA,VAG,VAS,VAU,VUG,

2-letter words (7 found)

AG,AL,AS,GU,LA,UG,US,

You can make 57 words from valgus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of valgus

valgus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin valgus.

Adjective

valgus (not comparable)

  1. knock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)

Derived terms

  • hallux valgus
  • talipes valgus

Estonian

Etymology

From valge +‎ -us. Cognate to Finnish valo (“light”) and Hungarian világ (“world”).

Noun

valgus (genitive valguse, partitive valgust)

  1. light

Declension

Derived terms

French

Adjective

valgus (invariable)

  1. knock-kneed

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“I roll”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯al.ɡus/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪ɡʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈval.ɡus/, [ˈvälɡus]

Adjective

valgus (feminine valga, neuter valgum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. bent out
  2. bow-legged, bandy
  3. (figurative) wry, sarcastic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Coordinate terms

  • (bow-legged): vārus (knock-kneed)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: valg
  • → English: valgus

References

  • “valgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • valgus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Adjective

valgus

  1. accusative plural masculine of valgs

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French valgus.

Noun

valgus n (uncountable)

  1. valgus

Declension


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