Definition of CARCERAL

carceral

Adj

  • Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Latin carcerālis (“carceral”), from Latin carcer (“jail, prison”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn, in the sense of an enclosure”)) + -ālis (suffix forming relational adjectives).

Scrabble Score: 12

carceral: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
carceral: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
carceral: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

carceral: valid Words With Friends Word