Asylums

What it means

1. (noun) A place of safety.
2. (noun) The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
3. (noun) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

Letter analysis

• Asylums contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
• It uses 6 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 3.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 12.

Sub-words

• asylum
• alums
• mauls
• mussy
• slams
• slays
• slums
• alms
• alum
• lams
• lass
• lays
• mass
• maul
• muss
• says
• slam
• slay
• slum
• sums
• yams
• ass
• lam
• lay
• mas
• may
• say
• sly
• sum
• yam
• yum

Related words

Other 7-letter words

• abalone
• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
• aborted

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Words starting with ASY

• asylum
• asymmetric
• asymmetrical
• asymmetrically
• asymmetry
• asymptotic
• asymptotically
• asynchronous
• asynchronously

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Words ending with UMS

• addendums
• albums
• alluviums
• alums
• aquariums
• arboretums
• atriums
• auditoriums
• bums
• cambiums
• candelabrums
• cerebellums
• cerebrums
• chrysanthemums
• chums
• coliseums
• colloquiums
• compendiums

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