10 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
adjective favorable to life and growth
adjective disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity
adjective having an open mind
originBorrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0