Definitions For Hostage

noun

  • A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
  • A person who is captured by someone who demands that certain things be done before the captured person is freed

Is Hostage a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
11

The word Hostage is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Hostage in a Sentence

  • The terrorists demanded a plane and a pilot in exchange for the hostages.
  • The hostage crisis is now entering its second week.
  • The passengers were taken hostage.

Synonyms for Hostage

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