local: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with L · ends with L
Meaning of local
adj
From or in a nearby location.
Example: We prefer local produce.
Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
Example: local disk drive
Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.
- not-comparable
Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular: Satisfied by at least one open neighborhood of every point.
Example: A Hausdorff space satisfying local compactness need not be (globally) compact!
Source: Wiktionary — local.
noun
A person who lives in or near a given place.
Example: It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.
A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
Example: I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.
- UK
One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
Example: I got barred from my local, so I've started going all the way into town for a drink.
A locally scoped identifier.
Example: Functional programming languages usually don't allow changing the immediate value of locals once they've been initialized, unless they're explicitly marked as being mutable.
Listed forms: locals.
Source: Wiktionary — local.
adv
In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
Example: It's never been more important to buy local.
Source: Wiktionary — local.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for local.
noun
anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
- local anesthetic
- local anaesthetic
- topical anesthetic
- topical anaesthetic
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is local in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of local
L(1) + O(1) + C(3) + A(1) + L(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of local
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from local
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in local. Showing up to 24, longest first.