Is JAILS a word?
JAILS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 13 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, JAILS is a valid word.
What does jails mean?
JAILS is an inflected form of jail.
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).
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
JAILS: word details
- Pronunciation: JAYLZ (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so JAILS works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside jails
Words you can make from the letters of jails.
Solve a whole rack, not just JAILS
JAILS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does JAILS mean?
JAILS is an inflected form of jail and is a noun. It means: 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).
Is JAILS a valid word?
Yes, JAILS is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.