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Locates

l 1o 1c 3a 1t 1e 1s 1

About 2 syllables

verb · 7 letters · Very common · third-person singular form of locate

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does locates mean?

verb

  1. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

    “Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?”

    Synonymsturn up

  2. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

    “Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space”

    Synonymssituate

  3. assign a location to

    “The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles”

    Synonymsplacesite

  4. take up residence and become established

    “The immigrants settled in the Midwest”

    Synonymssettle

Definitions shown for locate, the base form of locates.

Is LOCATES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is LOCATES worth?

Scrabble

9 pts
l 1o 1c 3a 1t 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

11 pts
l 2o 1c 4a 1t 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

10 pts
l 1o 1c 4a 1t 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

10 pts
l 2o 1c 3a 1t 1e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in LOCATES

Anagrams 4

alecostlactosescatoletalcose

Words that end like LOCATES

Common words that share the ending -ATES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

relatesupdatestranslatesdebatesdonatesrotatescollatesmigratestruncatesfrustratesreinstatesdilatesestatesgyratesinmatesmutatesnegatespalatespiratesrebatessedatessenatesvacatesabates
All words ending in -ATES

Locates: quick answers

Is LOCATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. LOCATES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 9 points before board bonuses.
How many points is LOCATES worth?
LOCATES scores 9 points in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends, 10 in Wordfeud and 10 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does locates mean?
locates is the third-person singular form of locate, which means “discover the location of”. It has 4 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in LOCATES?
You can make 245 shorter words from LOCATES, such as CASTLE, CLEATS, CLOSET, CLOTES. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of LOCATES?
LOCATES rearranges into ALECOST, LACTOSE, SCATOLE, TALCOSE.