Unscramble LOCA and you have 13 words, LOCA itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 6 points: ALCO, CALO, COAL and COLA. The best shorter words score 5: 5 of them, COL, LAC and OCA included. It has 4 letters, 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from LOCA by length: 5 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of LOCA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with LO · ending in CA · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to LOCA:
The meaning of LOCA, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. LOCA is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 13) | 12 | 13 | 10 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
2 of the 13 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAL and LOC. 1 of the 13 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALCO.
Each word below uses all the letters of LOCA and one more.