hotel

Plural: hotels

Noun

An establishment providing lodging, meals, and other services for travelers.
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
A restaurant; any dining establishment.
alternative letter-case form of Hotel from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
A pub.

Examples

My opponent built a vertical HOTEL, blocking my path to the double letter score.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Late Latin hospitālis (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hostel and hospital.

Scrabble Score: 8

hotel: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hotel: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hotel: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

hotel: valid Words With Friends Word