Solution

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There are
For a Yang-Mills theory, schematically . The gauge kinetic Lagrangian is quadratic in , so its terms are at most quartic in the gauge fields:
Thus there is no elementary five-leg pure-gauge interaction vertex in the renormalizable Standard Model. A five-boson scattering amplitude can still be assembled from several lower-valence vertices, or generated by loop diagrams. The number of external legs of a complete Feynman diagram is not the valence of a fundamental vertex.

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