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
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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”
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3
The specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome.
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