LOCUST is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LOCUST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOCUST?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOCUST is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOCUST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LOCUST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LOCUST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 194,019.
What does LOCUST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large grasshopper, often swarming in vast numbers, that strips crops and vegetation as it travels.
A locust looks much like an ordinary grasshopper until conditions trigger a population explosion, after which huge swarms take to the air and devastate farmland in their path. The same name is also given to several pod-bearing trees, such as the black locust, whose long seed pods were thought to resemble the insect's shape. Historically, locust swarms have caused famine across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, which is why the word still carries a sense of sudden, overwhelming destruction.
How LOCUST is used
Used literally for the insect and its swarms, and by extension for certain hardwood trees with long pods.
- A locust swarm can strip a field bare within hours.
- Farmers watched anxiously as the locust cloud approached.
- The black locust tree produces long, flat seed pods.
- Ancient records describe locust plagues destroying entire harvests.
- The locusts arrived with the dry wind from the east.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOCUST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LOCUST
The 6 tiles of LOCUST in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LOCUST
6 longer words begin with LOCUST.
Shorter words from the letters in LOCUST
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Common questions about LOCUST
- Is LOCUST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOCUST, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOCUST worth?
- LOCUST is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOCUST mean?
- A large grasshopper, often swarming in vast numbers, that strips crops and vegetation as it travels.
- What letters can be added to LOCUST?
- LOCUST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LOCUST:
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