Gulag
/ˈɡu.lɑɡ/
noun
- A prison camp.
- The system of all Soviet prison and/or labor camps in use during the Stalinist period.
"One important difference between the GULAG system and the Nazi concentration camps was that a person sentenced to five years of hard labor in a Soviet labor camp could expect, assuming he or she survived, to be released at the end of the sentence. [Gulag: Soviet Prison Camps and Their Legacy; By David Hosford, Pamela Kachurin and Thomas Lamont. National Resource Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, Harvard University]"
No exact anagrams found for "gulag". This word has a unique letter combination.
Total: 7 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
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About the Word "Gulag"
Gulag is a 5-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Gulag" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "gulag" is a low-scoring word.