prisoner: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 10 letter points · starts with P · ends with R
Meaning of prisoner
noun
A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
Example: Two other prisoners were staying in the same cell as him.
Any person held against their will.
A person who is or feels confined or trapped by a situation or a set of circumstances.
Example: I am no longer a prisoner to fear, for I am a child of God.
Listed forms: prisoners.
Source: Wiktionary — prisoner.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is prisoner in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of prisoner
P(3) + R(1) + I(1) + S(1) + O(1) + N(1) + E(1) + R(1) = 10 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 prisoner
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from prisoner
182 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in prisoner. Showing up to 24, longest first.