Is HOSTAGE a word?
HOSTAGE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, HOSTAGE is a valid word.
What does hostage mean?
noun: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
HOSTAGE: word details
- Pronunciation: HAHS-tihj (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside hostage
Words you can make from the letters of hostage.
Solve a whole rack, not just HOSTAGE
HOSTAGE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does HOSTAGE mean?
HOSTAGE is a noun. It means: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.
Is HOSTAGE a valid word?
Yes, HOSTAGE is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.