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Unscramble hostages

Unscramble HOSTAGES to get 224 words. HOSTAGES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HOSTAGE, GASHEST and SEAHOGS lead with 11 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Looking for shotsage? They use the same letters as HOSTAGES, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From hostages

Counting the words from HOSTAGES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.

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Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.

8 Letter Words You Can Make with hostages

7 Letter Words You Can Make with hostages

GASHEST, HOSTAGE and SEAHOGS share the top score of 11 among the 7-letter words made with HOSTAGES letters.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with hostages

5 of 17 6-letter words in HOSTAGES tie at 10 points; none scores more. STAGES and GHOSTS will look familiar.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with hostages

Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSTAGES, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. SHOES, STAGE and SHOTS are the ones most people know.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with hostages

9 of 60 4-letter words from HOSTAGES tie at 8 points; none scores more. HOST, GETS and GOES will look familiar.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with hostages

HAG and HOG share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSTAGES. HAS, GET and SET are the ones most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with hostages

7 of 22 2-letter words from HOSTAGES tie at 5 points; none scores more. AT, AS and HE will look familiar.

Neighbor Words of HOSTAGES

These 6 words have the length of HOSTAGES, with one letter different:

More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words

Definitions for the Top HOSTAGES Plays

HOSTAGES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

HOSTAGES 12 · 12
a person held as security
GASHEST 11 · 11
knowing
HOSTAGE 11 · 11
a person held as security
GASHES 10 · 10
to make a long deep cut in
GHOSTS 10 · 10
to haunt
GHAST 9 · 9
terrifying
GHATS 9 · 9
a passage to a river
GHOST 9 · 9
to haunt

Can You Play HOSTAGES in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOSTAGES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
HOSTAGES itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 224)186224169

* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEAHOGS, GHASTS, GOSHTS, SEAHOG, ASHETS, GATHS, GHEST, GOSHT, HEASTS, HOASTS, TASHES, ASHET and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GOETH, GOTHS, GOTH, HAOS, HOSS, SESH, SOHS, AHS, GOEST, HOS, SHO, SOH and 5 more, 17 in all.

One Extra Tile and HOSTAGES Grows

Each word below uses all the letters of HOSTAGES and one more.

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