What LOCKS Means
LOCKS is a form of LOCK, which means:
- verb: fasten with a lock“lock the bike to the fence”
- verb: keep engaged“engaged the gears”
- noun: a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- noun: a strand or cluster of hair
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LOCKS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 O1 C3 K5 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In LOCKS
14 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 (4)
3 letter words (6)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing LOCKS
LOCKS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
AIRLOCKSALCOLOCKSARMLOCKSBACKBLOCKSBALLOCKSBALLOCKSEDBALLOCKSESBELLOCKSBLOCKSBLOCKSHIPBLOCKSHIPSBULLOCKSCARLOCKSCELLBLOCKSCHARLOCKSCLOCKSDAGLOCKSDEADLOCKSDREADLOCKSEARLOCKSELFLOCKSENLOCKSFETLOCKSFIRELOCKSFLINTLOCKSFLOCKSFORELOCKSGAVELOCKSGENLOCKSGOLDILOCKSGRIDLOCKSGUNLOCKSHAIRLOCKSHAVELOCKSHEADLOCKSHEMLOCKSHILLOCKSHOOLOCKSINLOCKSINTERLOCKS
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.