LOCATIVES

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What LOCATIVES Means

LOCATIVES is a form of LOCATIVE, which means:

noun: the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb
noun: A case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein.“Languages that use the locative case include Armenian, Azeri, Belarusian, Catalan, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Quechua, Russian, Sanskrit, Slovak, Slovene, Swahili, Turkish and Ukrainian.”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LOCATIVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 O1 C3 A1 T1 I1 V4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In LOCATIVES

627 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.

8 letter words (7)

ALOETICS COALIEST LOCATIVE SOCIETAL VIOLATES VOCALISE VOCALIST

7 letter words (33)

6 letter words (81)

5 letter words (184)

AISLE ALCOS ALECS ALIST ALIVE ALOES ALTOS ASCOT ATOCS AVELS AVISE AVISO CALOS CALVE CASTE CATES CAVEL CAVES CAVIE CAVIL CEILS CELTS CESTA CESTI CIELS CITAL CITES CIVES CIVET CLAES CLAST CLATS CLAVE CLAVI CLEAT CLIES CLOSE CLOTE CLOTS CLOVE COALS COAST COATE COATI COATS COILS COITS COLAS COLES COLTS COSET COSIE COSTA COSTE COTES COVES COVET ECLAT ESCOT ESTOC EVICT EVILS ICTAL ILEAC IOTAS ISLET ISTLE LACES LACET LAEVO LAICS LAVES LEAST LEATS LEVIS LITAS LITES LIVES LOAST LOAVE LOTAS LOTES LOTIC LOVAT LOVES OAVES OCTAL OCTAS OLEIC OLIVE OSTIA OVALS OVATE OVELS OVIST SAICE SALET SALIC SALTO SALVE SALVO SCAIL SCALE SCEAT SELVA SETAL SILVA SLATE SLAVE SLICE SLIVE SLOVE SOAVE SOCLE SOLEI SOLVE STALE STAVE STEAL STEIL STELA STILE STIVE STOAE STOAI STOIC STOLE STOVE TACES TACOS TAELS TAILS TALCS TALES TEALS TEILS TELCO TELIA TELIC TELOI TELOS TESLA TICAL TICES TILES TOEAS TOILE TOILS TOISE TOLAS TOLES VAILS VALES VALET VALIS VALSE VATIC VEALS VEILS VESTA VIALS VICES VIOLA VIOLS VISTA VISTO VITAE VITAL VITAS VLEIS VLIES VOCAL VOCES VOICE VOILA VOILE VOLAE VOLES VOLET VOLTA VOLTE VOLTI VOLTS VOTES

4 letter words (201)

3 letter words (96)

ACE ACT AIL AIS AIT ALE ALS ALT ATE ATS AVE AVO CAT CEL CIS CIT COL COS COT EAS EAT ECO ELS ELT EST ETA EVO ICE IOS ISO ITA ITS LAC LAS LAT LAV LEA LEI LES LET LEV LIE LIS LIT LOS LOT OAT OCA OES OIL OIS OLE OSE OVA SAC SAE SAI SAL SAT SAV SEA SEC SEI SEL SET SIC SIT SOC SOL SOT SOV TAE TAI TAO TAS TAV TEA TEC TEL TES TIC TIE TIL TIS TOC TOE VAC VAE VAS VAT VET VIA VIE VIS VOE VOL

2 letter words (25)

AE AI AL AS AT EA EL ES ET IO IS IT LA LI LO OE OI OS SI SO ST TA TE TI TO

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