What GAOL Means
- noun: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- verb: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail“The suspects were imprisoned without trial”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GAOL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 A1 O1 L1.
Anagrams of GAOL (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In GAOL
10 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing GAOL
GAOL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.