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HOSTAGES

8 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

HOSTAGES is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.

HOSTAGES root HOSTAGE-s

Word family

HOSTAGE 5
noun
  1. A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
  2. A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
  3. Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
  4. One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
  5. The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
verb
  1. nonstandardpossiblyTo give (someone or something) as a hostage to (someone or something else).
  2. nonstandardpossiblyTo hold (someone or something) hostage, especially in a way that constrains or controls the person or thing held, or in order to exchange for something else.