What LOCALES Means
LOCALES is a form of LOCAL, which means:
- 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”
- adjective: of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood“local customs”
- 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”
- noun: anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LOCALES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 O1 C3 A1 L1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of LOCALES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In LOCALES
110 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.
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (24)
4 letter words (43)
3 letter words (28)
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.