How many points is LOCALE worth in Scrabble?

LOCALE is worth 8 Scrabble points before board bonuses.

Which dictionaries accept LOCALE?

LOCALE is valid in NWL2023 (US) and valid in CSW24 (International).

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LOCALE is a valid Scrabble word in NWL2023 (US). It scores 8 points. LOCALE is a noun form of locality. LOCALITY means "an area or neighborhood".

/ləʊˈkɑːl/

The place where something happens.
Example: Being near running water and good shade, the explorers decided it was a good locale for setting up camp.
The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.
A partially ordered set with the following additional axiomatic properties: any finite subset of it has a meet, any arbitrary subset of it has a join, and distributivity, which states that a binary meet distributes with respect to an arbitrary join. (Note: locales are just like frames except that the category of locales is opposite to the category of frames.)

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Valid NWL (US) Scrabble Word

LOCALE is a noun form of locality. LOCALITY means "an area or neighborhood".

In a sentence: "The locale is noted."

Check the Scrabble meaning of LOCALE. It scores 8 points.

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Up to 12 highest-scoring shorter words using only the letters in LOCALE, without blank tiles.

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Is LOCALE a Scrabble word?: LOCALE is a valid Scrabble word in NWL2023 (US). It scores 8 points.
What does LOCALE mean?: LOCALE is a noun form of locality. LOCALITY means "an area or neighborhood".
How do you use LOCALE in a sentence?: In a sentence: "The locale is noted."
How many points is LOCALE worth in Scrabble?: LOCALE is worth 8 Scrabble points before board bonuses.
Which dictionaries accept LOCALE?: LOCALE is valid in NWL2023 (US) and valid in CSW24 (International).