Arugula
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A peppery annual salad leaf, also known as rocket, widely grown in Europe and harvested young for use in salads.
“She tossed the arugula with shaved parmesan and a squeeze of lemon.”
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rocketroquette
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Wordle
Contains four vowels (A, U, U, A), the GULA ending is distinctive and worth memorising
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Scrabble
Worth 8 points, U-heavy word useful for dumping vowels, double U is rare and strategically valuable
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