How many points is LOCALES worth in Scrabble?

LOCALES is worth 9 Scrabble points before board bonuses.

Which dictionaries accept LOCALES?

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

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LOCALES is a valid Scrabble word in NWL2023 (US). It scores 9 points. LOCALES is a noun form of locale. LOCALE means "a locality".

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

LOCALES is a noun form of locale. LOCALE means "a locality".

In a sentence: "The locales is noted."

Check the Scrabble meaning of LOCALES. It scores 9 points.

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Is LOCALES a Scrabble word?: LOCALES is a valid Scrabble word in NWL2023 (US). It scores 9 points.
What does LOCALES mean?: LOCALES is a noun form of locale. LOCALE means "a locality".
How do you use LOCALES in a sentence?: In a sentence: "The locales is noted."
How many points is LOCALES worth in Scrabble?: LOCALES is worth 9 Scrabble points before board bonuses.
Which dictionaries accept LOCALES?: LOCALES is valid in NWL2023 (US) and valid in CSW24 (International).