Definition of imprisonment

"imprisonment" in the noun sense

1. imprisonment

putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

2. captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement

the state of being imprisoned

"he was held in captivity until he died"

"the imprisonment of captured soldiers"

"his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"

"he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"

3. imprisonment, internment

the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

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Quotations for imprisonment

The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul. [ Simms ]

The weariest and most loathed worldly life that age, ache, penury, and imprisonment can lay on nature is a paradise to what we fear of death. [ William Shakespeare ]

imprisonment in Scrabble®

The word imprisonment is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters imprisonment:

IMPRISONMENT
(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (65 words)

imports, imposer, imprint, inosine, inosite, inspire, interim, interns, intoner, intones, introns, ioniser, ironies, memoirs, mention, mentors, meronts, minions, minters, mintier, mistier, mistime, mnemons, moisten, moister, moments, monster, mopiest, mortise, noisier, norites, orients, pension, permits, pietism, pimento, pinions, pitiers, pointer, pontine, postern, postmen, primost, promise, pronest, protein, pterins, remints, repoint, ropiest, spinier, spinner, spinnet, stepmom, stomper, stonier, tenpins, tension, termini, tiepins, tinners, tinnier, tipsier, toprims, triones

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word imprisonment

IMPRISONMENT
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In imprisonment

IMPRISONMENT
(198)
IMPRISONMENT
(180)
IMPRISONMENT
(132)
IMPRISONMENT
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IMPOSER
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PROMISE
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PROMISE
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MISTIME
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PRIMOST
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PIMENTO
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MISTIME
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ROPIEST
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PIETISM
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REPOINT
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imprisonment in Words With Friends™

The word imprisonment is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 23

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters imprisonment:

IMPRISONMENT
(297)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (65 words)

imports, imposer, imprint, inosine, inosite, inspire, interim, interns, intoner, intones, introns, ioniser, ironies, memoirs, mention, mentors, meronts, minions, minters, mintier, mistier, mistime, mnemons, moisten, moister, moments, monster, mopiest, mortise, noisier, norites, orients, pension, permits, pietism, pimento, pinions, pitiers, pointer, pontine, postern, postmen, primost, promise, pronest, protein, pterins, remints, repoint, ropiest, spinier, spinner, spinnet, stepmom, stomper, stonier, tenpins, tension, termini, tiepins, tinners, tinnier, tipsier, toprims, triones

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word imprisonment

IMPRISONMENT
(297)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In imprisonment

IMPRISONMENT
(297)
IMPRISONMENT
(261)
IMPRISONMENT
(243)
IMPRISONMENT
(243)
IMPRISONMENT
(198)
IMPRISONMENT
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STEPMOM
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MEMOIRS
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STEPMOM
(113 = 78 + 35)
STEPMOM
(113 = 78 + 35)
POSTMEN
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IMPRISONMENT
(112)
MNEMONS
(110 = 75 + 35)
IMPRISONMENT
(108)
PONTINE
(107 = 72 + 35)
STEPMOM
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IMPRINT
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STEPMOM
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PENSION
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IMPRISONMENT
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INTERIM
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PROMISE
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REPOINT
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IMPRISONMENT
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SPINIER
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PROTEIN
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INSPIRE
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IMPRISONMENT
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Words within the letters of imprisonment

2 letter words in imprisonment (16 words)

12 letter words in imprisonment (1 word)

imprisonment + 1 blank (1 word)

imprisonment + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence imprisonment

Words that start with imprisonment (2 words)

Words with imprisonment in them (2 words)

Words that end with imprisonment (2 words)

Word Growth involving imprisonment

Shorter words in imprisonment

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on son prison imprison

so son prison imprison

en men

me men

Longer words containing imprisonment

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