Dogleg

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Updated June 2026

Definition

A sharp bend or angle in a road, corridor, or golf fairway that curves in a manner resembling a dog's hind leg.

“The fifteenth fairway had a pronounced dogleg to the left that caught many players out.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

dog·leg

Related Words

Synonyms

bend turn angle

Antonyms

straight

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Formed from DOG and LEG, no repeated letters makes it efficient for eliminating possibilities in Wordle

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points, the G appears twice and scores well when placed on bonus squares

Words Related to Dogleg

Anagrams of Dogleg

Words that use exactly the same letters as “dogleg”.

logged

Words you can make from Dogleg

Shorter words formed from the letters in “dogleg”.

lodge ogled doeg doge dole egol elod geld geod geog geol gled gleg glod gode goel gold lode loge ogle

Add a letter to make a longer word

7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “dogleg”.

boggled clogged doglegs flogged goggled joggled

Longer words starting with Dogleg

Words that begin with “dogleg”.

doglegs

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