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inmate
inmate is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling.
- 2adjective
Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.
- 3noun
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- 4noun
one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
- 5noun
a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
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