Is HOSTELING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HOSTELING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HOSTELING mean?
Hosteling is a form of HOSTEL.
- noun
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- noun
inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 9
H (4) + O (1) + S (1) + T (1) + E (1) + L (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 13 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 HOSTELING
Single letters that turn HOSTELING into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks1
Words you can make from HOSTELING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- histogen12
- lightens12
- holstein11
- hotlines11
- neoliths11
- english11
- hoglets11
- hogties11
- hongies11
- hosting11
- lengths11
- lighten11
- longish11
- nighest11
- shingle11
- shoeing11
- sleight11
- tholing11
- eoliths10
- ethions10
- histone10
- holiest10
- hostile10
- hotline10
- lithoes10
- neolith10
- eights10
- hinges10
- hoeing10
- hoglet10
- hogtie10
- holing10
- hosing10
- length10
- lights10
- neighs10
- nights10
- shlong10
- sleigh10
- slight10
- thegns10
- things10
- thongs10
- eolith9
- ethion9
- ethnos9
- helios9
- helots9
- holies9
- holist9
- honest9
- hostel9
- hotels9
- isohel9
- lithos9
- theins9
- thiols9
- tholes9
- tonish9
- eight9
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