What JAILS Means
JAILS is a form of JAIL, which 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
JAILS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 A1 I1 L1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In JAILS
21 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.
4 letter words (5)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (8)
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