Locks

5 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Devices used to secure doors or containers; strands of hair.

“She changed the locks on her apartment door.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/lɒks/

Related Words

Synonyms

fastenersboltstresses

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Ends with -CKS pattern, contains vowel O.

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Scrabble

Worth 11 points; C and K are valuable letters.

Words Related to Locks

Anagrams of Locks

Words that use exactly the same letters as “locks”.

slock

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “locks” to make these 5-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

bocks docks hocks jocks lacks licks lochs locky locos locus looks lucks mocks nocks pocks rocks socks yocks

Words you can make from Locks

Shorter words formed from the letters in “locks”.

clos colk cols lock

Add a letter to make a longer word

6-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “locks”.

blocks clocks

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