PRISON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PRISON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRISON?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRISON is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRISON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
prisonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRISON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PRISON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What stands out about PRISON
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PRISON mean in Scrabble?
noun
A building or institution where people are legally confined, either awaiting trial or as punishment for a crime.
A prison holds people under lawful authority, separating convicted offenders and, in some systems, those awaiting trial from the wider community. The word can also apply more loosely to any situation that restricts a person as if physically confined, as when someone calls an unhappy marriage or a small room a kind of prison. As a rarer verb, prison can mean to confine or shut someone up, though the noun use dominates modern English. Prisons differ from short-term jails or holding cells mainly in scale and in housing people for longer sentences.
How PRISON is used
Common in legal, journalistic, and everyday writing about crime and punishment.
- He spent five years in prison for the robbery.
- The prison sits on the edge of town behind high walls.
- Reformers pushed for better conditions inside the prison.
- She visited her brother in prison every month.
- The old prison was converted into a museum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRISON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRISON
The 6 tiles of PRISON in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with PRISON
8 longer words begin with PRISON.
Shorter words from the letters in PRISON
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Common questions about PRISON
- Is PRISON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRISON, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRISON worth?
- PRISON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRISON mean?
- A building or institution where people are legally confined, either awaiting trial or as punishment for a crime.
- What letters can be added to PRISON?
- PRISON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PRISON:
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