Possible Words From hostage
Words from HOSTAGE by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 32 with 5, 77 with 4, 62 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with hostage
1 word · top score 11 (+50 for all 7 tiles) · everyday: HOSTAGE
- hostage11
6 Letter Words You Can Make with hostage
2 words · top score 10
The best of the 6-letter words made with HOSTAGE letters is SEAHOG, 10 points; GOATSE on 7 follows.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with hostage
32 words · top score 9 · everyday: STAGE, GHOST, GATES
Among 32 5-letter words in HOSTAGE, the top score is 9, reached by 8. STAGE, GHOST and GATES are the familiar ones.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with hostage
77 words · top score 8 · everyday: EAST, HOST, GETS
77 4-letter words from HOSTAGE; 9 of them share the top score of 8. EAST, HOST and GETS are everyday picks.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with hostage
62 words · top score 7 · everyday: HAS, GET, SET
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSTAGE are led by HAG and HOG, 7 points each. HAS, GET and SET are the familiar ones.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with hostage
22 words · top score 5 · everyday: AT, AS, HE
22 2-letter words from HOSTAGE; 7 of them share the top score of 5. AT, AS and HE are everyday picks.
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Neighbor Words of HOSTAGE
Keep every letter of HOSTAGE but one, change that one, and you get:
- H U gives OUTAGES · words from outages
- H R gives STORAGE · words from storage
- H P gives POSTAGE · words from postage
- H N gives ONSTAGE · words from onstage
- H E gives GOATEES · words from goatees
- T M gives HOMAGES · unscramble homages
More 7-letter words: starting with HO · ending in GE · all 7-letter words
Meanings of the Strongest HOSTAGE Answers
HOSTAGE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
- HOSTAGE 11 · 11
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- GHAST 9 · 9
- terrifying
- GHATS 9 · 9
- stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water
- GHOST 9 · 9
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- GOETH 9 · 9
- to move along
- GOTHS 9 · 9
- a morbid style of rock music
- ETHOS 8 · 7
- (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
- GASH 8 · 8
- cut open
Is HOSTAGE Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
HOSTAGE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSTAGE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 168 | 196 | 152 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
28 of the 196 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEAHOG, GATHS, GHEST, GOSHT, ASHET, GATH, HEAST, HOAST, GOATSE, HOAS, HOTE, SHET and 16 more. 16 of the 196 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GOETH, GOTHS, HAOS, GOEST, HOS, SHO, SOH, TOEAS, AGS, GOS, TASE, TOSA and 4 more.
Unscramble HOSTAGE to get 196 words. HOSTAGE itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. SEAHOG is the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of HOSTAGE in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
Longer Words Built on HOSTAGE
These 2 words take every letter of HOSTAGE plus a single extra one.