HOSPITALIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. HOSPITALIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOSPITALIZE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOSPITALIZE is to know. It scores 25 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOSPITALIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOSPITALIZE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HOSPITALIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOSPITALIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOSPITALIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
North American
To admit a person to a hospital for treatment.
Hospitalize usually appears in the passive, as when someone is hospitalized after an accident. The British spelling ends in -ise, and in British speech people often say simply taken into hospital.
How HOSPITALIZE is used
Hospitalize is routine in news reports and medical writing.
- Doctors decided to hospitalize the patient overnight.
- Two drivers were hospitalized after the crash.
- Severe dehydration can hospitalize small children.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOSPITALIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOSPITALIZE
2 longer words begin with HOSPITALIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in HOSPITALIZE
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Common questions about HOSPITALIZE
- Is HOSPITALIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOSPITALIZE, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOSPITALIZE worth?
- HOSPITALIZE is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOSPITALIZE mean?
- To admit a person to a hospital for treatment.
- What letters can be added to HOSPITALIZE?
- HOSPITALIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HOSPITALIZE:
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