Is HOSTELS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HOSTELS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 10 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HOSTELS mean?
Hostels 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
10
Scrabble
10
Words With Friends
7
Letters
H (4) + O (1) + S (1) + T (1) + E (1) + L (1) + S (1) = 10 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 HOSTELS
HOSTELS 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 HOSTELS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- helots9
- hosels9
- hostel9
- hotels9
- sheols9
- shotes9
- sloths9
- tholes9
- toshes9
- ethos8
- helos8
- helot8
- hests8
- holes8
- holts8
- hosel8
- hoses8
- hosts8
- hotel8
- sheol8
- shoes8
- shote8
- shots8
- slosh8
- sloth8
- soths8
- thole8
- those8
- eths7
- helo7
- hest7
- hets7
- hoes7
- hole7
- hols7
- holt7
- hose7
- hoss7
- host7
- hots7
- loth7
- sesh7
- shes7
- shoe7
- shot7
- sohs7
- soth7
- tosh7
- stoles6
- eth6
- hes6
- het6
- hoe6
- hos6
- hot6
- ohs6
- she6
- sho6
- soh6
- the6
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