Unscramble LOCUSTAE and you have 251 words, LOCUSTAE itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: LACTEOUS and OSCULATE. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from LOCUSTAE by length: 3 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
31 of 36 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LOCUSTAE tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASTLE, CLAUSE and LOCATE will look familiar.
The 5-letter words from LOCUSTAE come to 60, each scoring 7 points. CLOSE, CAUSE and COAST are the familiar ones.
55 of 60 4-letter words in LOCUSTAE tie at 6 points; none scores more. ALSO, CASE and COST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with LOCUSTAE letters, 20 score 5 points, the group's best. OUT, SET and LET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LOCUSTAE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LO · ending in AE · all 8-letter words
The meaning of LOCUSTAE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LOCUSTAE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCUSTAE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 198 | 251 | 182 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 251 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALECOST, CAUTELS, OCULATE, SCATOLE, CAUTEL, CLAUTS, CLOTES, COATES, COUTAS, LACETS, OCTALS, SCLATE and 41 more. 16 of the 251 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COTEAUS, TELCOS, CALOS, CALS, ECOS, LOCS, SOCA, TECS, CAL, ECO, LOC, SOC and 4 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of LOCUSTAE and one more.