The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GAOL , but the solution may also be PRISON which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in King Syndicate).
Penitentiary crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GAOL | 50 % | 4 |
| PRISON | 50 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Penitentiary
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- punitive
- punitory
- pen
- prison
- jail
- imprisonment
- lockup
- gaol
- prisoner
- incarceration
- corrections
- confinement
Crossword Answer definitions
GAOL noun- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- Confinement in a jail.
- The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
- In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- (FreeBSD) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
- To imprison.
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