locust

NOUN /loʊkəst/

6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH L

locust is a valid 6-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

L1O1C3U1S1T1

1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24

MEANING

What does locust mean?

NOUN · 3 SENSES

1

Any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae.

SYNONYMS

BROADER

NARROWER

SWAMP LOCUST CLAMMY LOCUST COURBARIL ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA GLEDITSIA AQUATICA GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS HONEY LOCUST HYMENAEA COURBARIL

2

Hardwood from any of various locust trees.

BROADER

3

Migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae.

BROADER

SHORT-HORNED GRASSHOPPER ACRIDID

NARROWER

MIGRATORY LOCUST MIGRATORY GRASSHOPPER LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of locust

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