Is HOSTESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HOSTESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HOSTESSES mean?
Hostesses is a form of HOSTESS.
- noun
a woman host
- noun
a woman innkeeper
- noun
a woman steward on an airplane
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
11
Words With Friends
9
Letters
H (4) + O (1) + S (1) + T (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 12 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 HOSTESSES
HOSTESSES 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 HOSTESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- ethoses10
- hostess10
- hosses9
- seshes9
- sheets9
- shotes9
- theses9
- toshes9
- ethos8
- hests8
- hoses8
- hosts8
- sheet8
- shoes8
- shote8
- shots8
- soths8
- these8
- those8
- eths7
- hest7
- hets7
- hoes7
- hose7
- hoss7
- host7
- hots7
- sesh7
- shes7
- shoe7
- shot7
- sohs7
- soth7
- thee7
- tosh7
- setose6
- tosses6
- eth6
- hes6
- het6
- hoe6
- hos6
- hot6
- ohs6
- she6
- sho6
- soh6
- the6
- tho6
- esses5
- stoss5
- eh5
- he5
- ho5
- oh5
- sh5
- eses4
- esse4
- ests4
- oses4
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