STATAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. STATAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STATAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STATAL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STATAL
No single letter turns STATAL into another word.
How STATAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STATAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 137,969.
What does STATAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of or relating to the state, meaning a country's government or political authority, as distinct from private or non-governmental actors.
Statal is used mainly in political science and international law to describe institutions, actors or actions belonging to a national government, often in contrast with non-statal or private bodies such as corporations and armed groups. In an older grammatical sense the same word describes a verb form that expresses a state or condition rather than an action. The political sense is the one most commonly met today.
How STATAL is used
Specialist term of political science and law, rarely used in everyday writing.
- The report distinguishes statal from non-statal armed groups.
- Statal actors bear different legal obligations than private companies.
- The treaty applies only to statal parties, not to individuals.
- Analysts debated whether the militia counted as a statal force.
- Grammarians once used statal to label verbs describing a condition rather than an act.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STATAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in STATAL
Common questions about STATAL
- Is STATAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STATAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STATAL worth?
- STATAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STATAL mean?
- Of or relating to the state, meaning a country's government or political authority, as distinct from private or non-governmental actors.
- What letters can be added to STATAL?
- No single letter can be added to STATAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STATAL:
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