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Is carceral a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word carceral is a Scrabble US word. The word carceral is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

C3A1R1C3E1R1A1L1

Is carceral a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word carceral is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

C3A1R1C3E1R1A1L1

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8-letter words (1 found)

CARCERAL,

6-letter words (5 found)

CAECAL,CALCAR,CARCEL,CARREL,CERCAL,

5-letter words (13 found)

AREAL,AREAR,ARECA,CAECA,CARER,CARLE,CECAL,CLEAR,CRAAL,CRARE,LACER,RACER,RECAL,

4-letter words (25 found)

ACCA,ACER,ACRE,ALAE,ALAR,ALEC,ARAR,AREA,ARLE,CACA,CARE,CARL,CARR,CECA,EARL,LACE,LAER,LARE,LEAR,RACA,RACE,RALE,RARE,REAL,REAR,

3-letter words (17 found)

AAL,ACE,ALA,ALE,ARC,ARE,CAA,CAL,CAR,CEL,EAR,ERA,ERR,LAC,LAR,LEA,REC,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AE,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 71 words from carceral according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of carceral

carceral

Etymology

From Late Latin carcerālis (“carceral”), from Latin carcer (“jail, prison”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn, in the sense of an enclosure”)) + -ālis (“suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːsəɹəl/, /ˈkɑːsɹl̩/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹsəɹəl/, /ˈkɑɹsɹl̩/
  • Hyphenation: car‧cer‧al, carce‧ral

Adjective

carceral (not comparable)

  1. (formal or literary) Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison. [from late 16th c.]

Coordinate terms

  • penal, penitentiary (“of or relating to the punishment of criminals”)

Derived terms

  • carcerality
  • carcerally

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Source: wiktionary.org