locust

locust is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, / Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, / Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper.
2. noun. The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).
3. noun. migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
4. noun. any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
5. noun. hardwood from any of various locust trees

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in locust:

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Common word forms

locusts, locustal, locusting

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