367 words come out when you unscramble HOSTAGESHIPS, starting with HOSTAGESHIPS itself: 21 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HOSTAGESHIP, 20 points. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
H43O1S1T1A1G23E1S1H43I1P34S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HOSTAGESHIPS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 24 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words made with HOSTAGESHIPS letters: HOSTAGESHIP, 20 points.
HOSPITAGES is the only one of the 10-letter words in HOSTAGESHIPS; it scores 16 points.
HIGHSPOT and HIGHTOPS share the top score of 17 among the 8-letter words from HOSTAGESHIPS. HOSTAGES is the one most people know.
Among the 7-letter words from HOSTAGESHIPS, HIGHTOP leads with 16 points, then HIPSHOT and PHISHES on 15. HIGHEST, POSTAGE and HEIGHTS are the familiar ones.
The best of the 6-letter words in HOSTAGESHIPS is EPHAHS, 14 points; EIGHTH and HEIGHT on 13 follow. SHAPES, PHASES and GOSSIP are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with HOSTAGESHIPS letters are led by EPHAH and PHISH, 13 points each. SHIPS, PHASE and SHOPS are the familiar ones.
PHOH tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSTAGESHIPS at 12 points; next come HIGH and HOGH on 11. SHOP, HOPE and SHIP will look familiar.
60 3-letter words from HOSTAGESHIPS; 4 of them share the top score of 9. HAS, HOT and HIT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of HOSTAGESHIPS for another and you can spell this word:
More 12-letter words: starting with HO · ending in PS · all 12-letter words
HOSTAGESHIPS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HOSTAGESHIPS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSTAGESHIPS itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 367) | 281 | 365 | 247 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOSPITAGES, HOSPITAGE, AHEIGHT, HASHIEST, PISHEOGS, SHEHITAS, SPOSHIEST, HATPEGS, PISHEOG, SHASHES, SHEHITA, SHISHAS and 74 more, 86 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HIGHTOPS, HIGHTOP, PHISHES, PHISH, PITHOS, THESPS, PHEOS, SHOGIS, THESP, GOETH, GOTHS, HEPS and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HOSTAGESHIPS and HOSTAGESHIP, 2 in all.