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Is hosta a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hosta is a Scrabble US word. The word hosta is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is hosta a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hosta is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (4 found)

HOAST,HOSTA,OATHS,SHOAT,

4-letter words (17 found)

HAOS,HAST,HATS,HOAS,HOST,HOTS,OAST,OATH,OATS,SHAT,SHOT,SOTH,STOA,TAOS,TASH,TOSA,TOSH,

3-letter words (19 found)

AHS,ASH,ATS,HAO,HAS,HAT,HOA,HOS,HOT,OAT,OHS,SAT,SHA,SHO,SOH,SOT,TAO,TAS,THO,

2-letter words (12 found)

AH,AS,AT,HA,HO,OH,OS,SH,SO,ST,TA,TO,

You can make 52 words from hosta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of hosta

hosta ohsta hsota shota oshta sohta hotsa ohtsa htosa thosa othsa tohsa hstoa shtoa htsoa thsoa sthoa tshoa ostha sotha otsha tosha stoha tsoha hosat ohsat hsoat shoat oshat sohat hoast ohast haost ahost oahst aohst hsaot shaot hasot ahsot sahot ashot osaht soaht oasht aosht saoht asoht hotas ohtas htoas thoas othas tohas hoats ohats haots ahots oahts aohts htaos thaos hatos ahtos tahos athos otahs toahs oaths aoths taohs atohs hstao shtao htsao thsao sthao tshao hsato shato hasto ahsto sahto ashto htaso thaso hatso ahtso tahso athso staho tsaho satho astho tasho atsho ostah sotah otsah tosah stoah tsoah osath soath oasth aosth saoth asoth otash toash oatsh aotsh taosh atosh staoh tsaoh satoh astoh tasoh atsoh

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Definitions and meaning of hosta

hosta

Etymology

Named after Nicolaus Thomas Host, Croatian-Austrian botanist.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒstə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊ stə/, /ˈhɑs tə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒstə

Noun

hosta (plural hostas)

  1. Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.
    Synonyms: giboshi, plantain lily

Further reading

  • hosta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • hosta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

  • Athos, HATOs, HOTAS, Shota, has to, hoast, oaths, shoat, shota

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦosta]

Noun

hosta m anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of host

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • hostet

Verb

hosta

  1. inflection of hoste:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /husta/

Verb

hosta (present tense hostar, past tense hosta, past participle hosta, passive infinitive hostast, present participle hostande, imperative hosta/host)

  1. to cough

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English host

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoʊsta/, /hɔsta/

Verb

hosta (present tense hostar, past tense hosta, past participle hosta, passive infinitive hostast, present participle hostande, imperative hosta/host)

  1. (computing) to host

References

  • “hosta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.

Verb

hōsta

  1. to cough

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Swedish: hosta

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • husta

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Slovene hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.

Noun

hosta f (Cyrillic spelling хоста)

  1. (Kajkavian) forest
    Synonyms: (standard) šuma; (archaic) gvozd

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvȍstъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian hosta (“forest”), Czech chvost.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xóːsta/

Noun

họ̑sta f

  1. scrub (3.)
  2. forest

Inflection

Further reading

  • “hosta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hōsta, probably from the oblique case of Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô.

Noun

hosta c

  1. a cough (condition/disease)
Usage notes
  • The noun hosta refers to the condition or disease, not to a single cough (see hostning) or bout of coughing (see hostanfall).
Declension
Derived terms
  • hostanfall
Related terms
  • host
  • hostning

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hōsta, from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną.

Verb

hosta (present hostar, preterite hostade, supine hostat, imperative hosta)

  1. to cough
Conjugation

References

  • hosta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • hosta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • hosta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • hotas

Veps

Etymology

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Verb

hosta

  1. to rub
  2. to massage

Inflection

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “массажировать, натирать, тереть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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