How many points in Scrabble is gaol worth? gaol how many points in Words With Friends? What does gaol mean? Get all these answers on this page.
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Is gaol a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word gaol is a Scrabble US word. The word gaol is worth 5 points in Scrabble:
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Is gaol a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word gaol is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:
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Is gaol a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word gaol is a Words With Friends word. The word gaol is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
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You can make 12 words from gaol according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
From Middle English gayole, gaiol, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). See also cage.
gaol (countable and uncountable, plural gaols)
gaol (third-person singular simple present gaols, present participle gaoling, simple past and past participle gaoled)
In British English, gaol was the more common published spelling between approximately 1730 and 1960, and is still preferred in proper names in some regions. Most Australian newspapers use jail, citing either narrower print width or the possibility of transposing letters in gaol to produce goal. By far the most common spelling in Canada is jail, but a handful of legal writers use gaol; see for example [1], para. 26.
From Middle Irish gáel (“relationship”), from Proto-Celtic *gailos (compare Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan, “gladden”), German geil (“wanton”)).
gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, nominative plural gaolta)
From Middle Irish gáel (“relationship”). Cognate with Irish gaol.
gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, plural gaoil)
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