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LOCAL

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What LOCAL Means

  1. adjective: relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area“local taxes”
  2. adjective: of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood“local customs”
  3. noun: public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops“the local seemed to take forever to get to New York”
  4. noun: anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LOCAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 O1 C3 A1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In LOCAL

15 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (3)

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