locus

NOUN /loʊkəs/
5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH L

locus is a valid 5-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
L1O1C3U1S1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING

What does locus mean?

NOUN · 3 SENSES
1

The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting).

SYNONYMS
BROADER
2

The set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions.

“the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle”

BROADER
3

The specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome.