Is HOSPITALISES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HOSPITALISES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HOSPITALISES mean?
Hospitalises is a form of HOSPITALISE.
- verb
admit into a hospital
“Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
12
Letters
H (4) + O (1) + S (1) + P (3) + I (1) + T (1) + A (1) + L (1) + I (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 17 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for HOSPITALISES
HOSPITALISES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from HOSPITALISES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- hospitalise16
- alphosises15
- splashiest15
- helistops14
- hospitals14
- isopleths14
- lithopses14
- pisoliths14
- pissholes14
- plashiest14
- slapshots14
- haliotises13
- alphosis13
- haplites13
- haploses13
- haplosis13
- helistop13
- hoplites13
- hospital13
- hospitia13
- isopleth13
- pathless13
- pathoses13
- pisolith13
- pisshole13
- pithless13
- polishes13
- potashes13
- shipless13
- shopless13
- slapshot13
- sophists13
- spathose13
- splashes13
- sploshes13
- tapholes13
- teashops13
- halitoses12
- halitosis12
- lithiases12
- shoaliest12
- sloshiest12
- aphesis12
- hapless12
- haplite12
- hipless12
- hoplite12
- lithops12
- ophites12
- plashes12
- poshest12
- shilpit12
- sophies12
- sophist12
- spathes12
- spilths12
- taphole12
- teashop12
- epistasis11
- pisolites11
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