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Is locate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word locate is a Scrabble US word. The word locate is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is locate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word locate is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

L1O1C3A1T1E1

Is locate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word locate is a Words With Friends word. The word locate is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2O1C4A1T1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

LOCATE,

5-letter words (7 found)

CLEAT,CLOTE,COATE,ECLAT,LACET,OCTAL,TELCO,

4-letter words (34 found)

ALCO,ALEC,ALOE,ALTO,ATOC,CALO,CATE,CELT,CLAT,CLOT,COAL,COAT,COLA,COLE,COLT,COTE,LACE,LATE,LEAT,LOCA,LOTA,LOTE,OCTA,OLEA,TACE,TACO,TAEL,TALC,TALE,TEAL,TELA,TOEA,TOLA,TOLE,

3-letter words (29 found)

ACE,ACT,ALE,ALT,ATE,CAL,CAT,CEL,COL,COT,EAT,ECO,ELT,ETA,LAC,LAT,LEA,LET,LOT,OAT,OCA,OLE,TAE,TAO,TEA,TEC,TEL,TOC,TOE,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,LO,OE,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 84 words from locate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of locate

locate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locātus, past participle of loco (“to place”), from locus (“place”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləʊˈkeɪt/, /ləˈkeɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈloʊkeɪt/, /loʊˈkeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • Hyphenation: lo‧cate

Verb

locate (third-person singular simple present locates, present participle locating, simple past and past participle located)

  1. (transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
  2. (transitive) To find out where something is located.
  3. (transitive) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)
    • 1862-1892, Herbert Spencer, System of Synthetic Philosophy
      That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located.
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

  • co-locate

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Alecto, acetol, coleta

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

locate

  1. inflection of locare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

locate f pl

  1. feminine plural of locato

Anagrams

  • celato, colate, cotale

Latin

Participle

locāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of locātus

Source: wiktionary.org