HOSPITALISE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HOSPITALISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOSPITALISE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOSPITALISE is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOSPITALISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOSPITALISE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HOSPITALISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOSPITALISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOSPITALISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To admit a sick or injured person to a hospital for treatment.
The spelling with -ise is standard in British English, while American writers prefer a -ize ending. Doctors usually hospitalise a patient when care at home is no longer safe enough.
How HOSPITALISE is used
Used in medical news and everyday talk about someone being taken in for care, mostly in British writing.
- The doctors decided to hospitalise him after the fall.
- Severe dehydration can hospitalise young children quickly.
- They did not need to hospitalise her for the infection.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOSPITALISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOSPITALISE
2 longer words begin with HOSPITALISE.
Shorter words from the letters in HOSPITALISE
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Common questions about HOSPITALISE
- Is HOSPITALISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOSPITALISE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOSPITALISE worth?
- HOSPITALISE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOSPITALISE mean?
- To admit a sick or injured person to a hospital for treatment.
- What letters can be added to HOSPITALISE?
- HOSPITALISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HOSPITALISE:
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