Definitions For 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)
- A place where people are kept when they have been arrested and are being punished for a crime
verb
- Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- To put (a person) in jail
Is Jail a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
14
The word Jail is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Jail in a Sentence
- He was locked up in the county jail.
- He was arrested and sent to jail.
- He went to jail for his crimes.
- Threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked