hospital: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 13 letter points · starts with H · ends with L
Meaning of hospital
noun
- countable, uncountable
A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.
Example: Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.
- archaic, countable, uncountable
A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse.
Example: The foundling hospital took in abandoned children and educated them.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
A place of lodging.
Listed forms: hospitals, hospitale.
Source: Wiktionary — hospital.
adj
- obsolete
Hospitable.
Listed forms: hospitale.
Source: Wiktionary — hospital.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
a health facility where patients receive treatment
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hospital in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hospital
H(4) + O(1) + S(1) + P(3) + I(1) + T(1) + A(1) + L(1) = 13 points.
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Anagrams of hospital
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from hospital
263 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hospital. Showing up to 24, longest first.