LOCULATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LOCULATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOCULATE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOCULATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOCULATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
loculatedChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LOCULATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LOCULATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LOCULATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LOCULATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Divided into small separate cells or compartments.
Botanists find a loculate ovary inside many fruits, where walls split the interior into several parts. Doctors also use the term for a cyst or abscess that has internal partitions.
How LOCULATE is used
Technical term in botany and medicine.
- The loculate fruit held seeds in separate cells.
- A loculate cyst is harder to drain.
- Cut open, the loculate pod revealed three cells.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOCULATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LOCULATE
1 longer words begin with LOCULATE.
Shorter words from the letters in LOCULATE
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Common questions about LOCULATE
- Is LOCULATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOCULATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOCULATE worth?
- LOCULATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOCULATE mean?
- Divided into small separate cells or compartments.
- What letters can be added to LOCULATE?
- LOCULATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LOCULATE:
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