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Is prison a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word prison is a Scrabble US word. The word prison is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is prison a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word prison is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Yes. The word prison is a Words With Friends word. The word prison is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (6 found)

ORPINS,PORINS,PRIONS,PRISON,PROINS,SPINOR,

5-letter words (16 found)

INSPO,IRONS,NOIRS,NORIS,OPSIN,ORNIS,ORPIN,PIONS,PIRNS,PORIN,PORNS,PRION,PROIN,PSION,ROINS,ROSIN,

4-letter words (23 found)

INRO,IONS,IRON,NIPS,NOIR,NORI,PINS,PION,PIRN,PIRS,PISO,POIS,PONS,PORN,PROS,RINS,RIPS,RISP,ROIN,SNIP,SORI,SORN,SPIN,

3-letter words (27 found)

INS,ION,IOS,ISO,NIP,NIS,NOR,NOS,OIS,ONS,OPS,ORS,PIN,PIR,PIS,POI,POS,PRO,PSI,RIN,RIP,SIN,SIP,SIR,SON,SOP,SRI,

2-letter words (13 found)

IN,IO,IS,NO,OI,ON,OP,OR,OS,PI,PO,SI,SO,

You can make 85 words from prison according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of prison

prison

Etymology

From Middle English prisoun, prison, a borrowing from Old French prison, from Latin prehensiōnem, accusative singular of prehensiō, from the verb prehendō. Doublet of prehension.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹɪzən/, [pʰɹ̠̊ɪzn̩]
  • Rhymes: -ɪzən

Noun

prison (countable and uncountable, plural prisons)

  1. A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
    Synonyms: bridewell, big house; see also Thesaurus:prison
    Hypernyms: correctional facility, correctional institution
    Hyponyms: panopticon, dungeon
    Coordinate terms: gaol, jail, slammer, hoosegow
  2. (uncountable) Confinement in prison.
    Synonym: imprisonment
  3. (colloquial, figurative) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.

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Verb

prison (third-person singular simple present prisons, present participle prisoning, simple past and past participle prisoned)

  1. (transitive) To imprison.

Translations

Further reading

  • “prison”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • porins, prions, proins, ripons, spinor

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French prison, inherited from Latin prehēnsiōnem, from prehendō. Doublet of préhension.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁi.zɔ̃/

Noun

prison f (plural prisons)

  1. prison
    Synonyms: emprisonnement, taule, geôle, enclos

Derived terms

  • aimable comme une porte de prison
  • emprisonner
  • prison dorée
  • prisonnier

Further reading

  • “prison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • prions, ripons

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French prison (“prison”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɣisɔ̃/

Noun

prison

  1. prison

Norman

Etymology

From Old French prison, from Latin prehensiō, prehensiōnem (“seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing”).

Noun

prison f (plural prisons)

  1. (Jersey) prison

Related terms

  • emprisonner, mettre en prison (“to imprison”)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • prisoun (less common)
  • prisun (less common)

Etymology

From Latin prehensiō, prehensiōnem, from prehendō.

Noun

prison oblique singular, f (oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prison, nominative plural prisons)

  1. prison

Noun

prison oblique singular, m (oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prisons, nominative plural prison)

  1. prisoner

Derived terms

  • prisonnier

Descendants

  • → Middle English: prisoun
    • English: prison
    • Scots: preeson
  • French: prison
  • Norman: prison (Jersey)

Source: wiktionary.org