Definitions For Local

noun

  • Public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
  • Anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
  • A person who lives in a particular area, city, or town : a local person
  • A train or bus that makes all of the stops along its route
  • A local part of a labor union

adjective

  • Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
  • Affecting only a restricted part or area of the body
  • Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood

Is Local a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
10

The word Local is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Local in a Sentence

  • We had dinner at a local restaurant.
  • The police have arrested a local man for the crime.
  • This is a local shop for local people: we don't get many outsiders here.
  • He's the president of the union local at the factory.
  • The truck drivers are members of Local 349 of the Teamsters' Union

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