Is HOSTESSING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HOSTESSING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HOSTESSING mean?
Hostessing 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
14
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
10
Letters
H (4) + O (1) + S (1) + T (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 14 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 HOSTESSING
HOSTESSING 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 HOSTESSING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- histogens13
- stonishes12
- histogen12
- histones11
- hogties11
- hongies11
- hosting11
- nighest11
- shoeing11
- ethions10
- histone10
- hostess10
- hotness10
- sithens10
- stonish10
- eights10
- ghosts10
- hinges10
- hoeing10
- hogtie10
- hosing10
- neighs10
- nights10
- shogis10
- sights10
- thegns10
- things10
- thongs10
- ethion9
- ethnos9
- heists9
- hisses9
- hoises9
- hoists9
- honest9
- hosses9
- noshes9
- shiest9
- shines9
- shists9
- shites9
- shotes9
- theins9
- thesis9
- tonish9
- toshes9
- eight9
- ghost9
- goeth9
- goths9
- hinge9
- hongi9
- hongs9
- neigh9
- nighs9
- night9
- ohing9
- shogi9
- shogs9
- sighs9
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