What HOSTAGE Means
- noun: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HOSTAGE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 S1 T1 A1 G2 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In HOSTAGE
191 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (32)
ASHETETHOSGATESGATHSGEATSGETASGHASTGHATSGHESTGHOSTGOATSGOESTGOETHGOSHTGOTHSHAETSHASTEHATESHEASTHEATSHOASTHOSTAOATHSSHOATSHOTESTAGESTOAETHOSETOEASTOGAETOGASTOGES
4 letter words (75)
AGESATESEASTEATHEATSEGOSETASETHSGAESGASHGASTGATEGATHGATSGEATGEOSGESTGETAGETSGHATGOASGOATGOESGOSHGOTHHAESHAETHAGSHAOSHASTHATEHATSHEATHESTHETSHOASHOESHOGSHOSEHOSTHOTEHOTSOASTOATHOATSSAGESAGOSATESEATSEGOSETASHATSHEASHETSHOESHOGSHOTSOTHSTAGSTOATAESTAGSTAOSTASHTEASTEGSTHAETOEATOESTOGATOGETOGSTOSATOSETOSH
3 letter words (61)
AGEAGOAGSAHSASHATEATSEASEATEGOEHSESTETAETHGAEGASGATGEOGETGOAGOEGOSGOTHAEHAGHAOHASHATHESHETHOAHOEHOGHOSHOTOATOESOHSOSESAESAGSATSEASEGSETSHASHESOGSOHSOTTAETAGTAOTASTEATEGTESTHETHOTOETOG
2 letter words (22)
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