LOCI is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LOCI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOCI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOCI is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOCI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LOCI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LOCI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does LOCI mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The plural of locus, meaning a set of specific places, positions, or points, as used in mathematics, genetics, and other technical fields.
Mathematicians use loci for sets of points that satisfy a given condition, such as all the points forming a circle, while geneticists use loci for the fixed positions that particular genes occupy on a chromosome. In both fields the word keeps its Latin plural form loci rather than becoming locuses.
How LOCI is used
Formal and technical; treated as plural, paired with a plural verb.
- The two loci on the chromosome are linked and tend to be inherited together.
- She plotted the loci of all points equidistant from the two fixed lines.
- Researchers compared gene loci across several related species.
- The lecture explained how loci of control were mapped onto the genome.
- Several loci showed a strong association with the disease in the study.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOCI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LOCI
The 4 tiles of LOCI in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LOCI
3 longer words begin with LOCI.
Words with LOCI inside
Showing 24 of 26 words that contain LOCI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LOCI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LOCI
Common questions about LOCI
- Is LOCI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOCI, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOCI worth?
- LOCI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOCI mean?
- The plural of locus, meaning a set of specific places, positions, or points, as used in mathematics, genetics, and other technical fields.
- What letters can be added to LOCI?
- LOCI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LOCI:
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