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Words ending in UA
There are 21 words ending in UA in the standard word-game list. The most common are aqua, chihuahua, qua, mantua, decidua, lehua.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| aqua | a shade of blue tinged with green | 13 |
| chihuahua | an old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilization | 20 |
| qua | As; in the capacity of; acting as | 12 |
| mantua | loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries | 8 |
| decidua | the epithelial tissue of the endometrium | 11 |
| lehua | The flower or wood of a Polynesian tree (Metrosideros collina); the tree itself. | 8 |
| lingua | a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | 7 |
| majagua | shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers… | 17 |
| piragua | A Puerto Rican frozen dessert, shaped like a pyramid, made of shaved ice and covered with fruit-flavored… | 10 |
| siliqua | narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae | 16 |
| skua | gull-like jaeger of northern seas | 8 |
| tamandua | small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and… | 11 |