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:
G2A1O1L1
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):
G3A1O1L2
| GAOL 5 | GOAL 5 |
| AGO 4 | GAL 4 |
| GOA 4 | LAG 4 |
| LOG 4 |
| AG 3 | AL 2 |
| GO 3 | LA 2 |
| LO 2 |
gaol agol goal ogal aogl oagl galo aglo glao lgao algo lago gola ogla gloa lgoa olga loga aolg oalg alog laog olag loag
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word gaol. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in gaol.
From Middle English gayole, gajol, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Vulgar Latin *caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). See also cage.
gaol (countable and uncountable, plural gaols)
Gaol was the more common spelling between about 1760 and 1830, and is still preferred in proper names in some regions. Most Australian newspapers use jail rather than gaol, 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 [2], para. 26.
gaol (third-person singular simple present gaols, present participle gaoling, simple past and past participle gaoled)
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”), from Proto-Celtic *gailos; compare Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”); Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan, “gladden”), German geil (“wanton”).
gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, plural gaoil)
Bare forms
Forms with the definite article
The love expressed by gaol is more intimate in nature than that of gràdh.