Unscramble HOSTILES and you have 242 words, HOSTILES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 10 of them, HOSTELS, HOSTILE and HOLIEST included. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for listhoes? They use the same letters as HOSTILES, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HOSTILES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 10 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 23 with 2.
37 6-letter words in HOSTILES; 28 of them share the top score of 9. HOTELS, THESIS and HOSTEL are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSTILES, the top score is 8, reached by 43. HOTEL, SITES and SHOES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from HOSTILES, 37 score 7 points, the group's best. LIST, LESS and LOSS are the ones most people know.
Among 51 3-letter words made with HOSTILES letters, the top score is 6, reached by 18. ITS, SET and HOT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of HOSTILES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of HOSTILES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOSTILES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSTILES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 200 | 242 | 184 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: HOSTIES, TEHSILS, HOSTIE, LITHES, SIETHS, SITHES, TEHSIL, ISHES, LEISH, LITHS, SHETS, SHISO and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: LITHOES, SHITES, SHITE, HOSS, SESH, SOHS, HOS, SHO, SILOES, SOH, LITES, ESTS and 4 more.
These 10 words take every letter of HOSTILES plus a single extra one.