prison: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with P · ends with N
Meaning of prison
noun
- countable, uncountable
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.
Example: The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
- uncountable
Confinement in prison (sense 1).
Example: Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
- colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable
Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
Example: The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.
Listed forms: prisons.
Source: Wiktionary — prison.
verb
- transitive
To imprison.
Listed forms: prisons, prisoning, prisoned.
Source: Wiktionary — prison.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for prison.
noun
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
- prison house
noun
a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
- prison house
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is prison in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of prison
P(3) + R(1) + I(1) + S(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of prison
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from prison
54 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in prison. Showing up to 24, longest first.