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Is hostie a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hostie is a Scrabble US word. The word hostie is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is hostie a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hostie is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

H4O1S1T1I1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

HOSTIE,

5-letter words (10 found)

ETHOS,HEIST,HOISE,HOIST,SHITE,SHOTE,SIETH,SITHE,THOSE,TOISE,

4-letter words (27 found)

EISH,ETHS,HEST,HETS,HIES,HIST,HITS,HOES,HOIS,HOSE,HOST,HOTE,HOTS,SHET,SHIT,SHOE,SHOT,SITE,SITH,SOTH,STIE,THIO,THIS,TIES,TOES,TOSE,TOSH,

3-letter words (33 found)

EHS,EST,ETH,HES,HET,HIE,HIS,HIT,HOE,HOI,HOS,HOT,IOS,ISH,ISO,ITS,OES,OHS,OIS,OSE,SEI,SET,SHE,SHO,SIT,SOH,SOT,TES,THE,THO,TIE,TIS,TOE,

2-letter words (20 found)

EH,ES,ET,HE,HI,HO,IO,IS,IT,OE,OH,OI,OS,SH,SI,SO,ST,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 92 words from hostie according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hostie

hostie

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French hostie, from Latin hostia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhəʊsti/
  • Rhymes: -əʊsti

Noun

hostie (plural hosties)

  1. (obsolete, Catholicism) the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.
    • 1694 August 9, James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, Letter XII, in 1845, William Jerdan (editor), Letters from James, Earl of Perth, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, &c, to His Sister, Countess of Erroll, and Other Members of His Family, page 40,
      This Hostie* is carryed about the streets in procession : and really it is very fine to see the solemnity.

Etymology 2

From hostess +‎ -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

hostie (plural hosties)

  1. (Australia, informal) An air hostess.
    • 2011, Les Hawkins, Great Australian Fly-Fishing Stories, Chapter 20, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, unnumbered page,
      The cute hostie at the check-in for Kamchatka accepted a note the Russian Ambassador in Canberra had given me about excess luggage and gave me a smile rather than a bill.
Hypernyms
  • flight attendant

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin hostia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɔsti/

Noun

hostie f (plural hosties, diminutive hostietje n)

  1. (Christianity) host (consecrated bread / wafer)

Synonyms

  • ouwel

French

Alternative forms

  • ostie, osti, sti, ’sti (swear word)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hostia. Compare Old French oiste.

Pronunciation

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔs.ti/

Noun

hostie f (plural hosties)

  1. the host used in church
  2. (Quebec) Alternative form of ostie

Derived terms

  • hostie de

Further reading

  • “hostie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hostia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhos.ti.e/

Noun

hostie f (plural hostii)

  1. sacrifice, offering
  2. victim, sacrificial animal
  3. (Christianity) host, The consecrated bread

Declension

References

  • hostie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Verb

hostie

  1. inflection of hostiar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org