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STATESPERSON is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points

It depends on the list you play by. STATESPERSON is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does accept it.

s1t1a1t1e1s1p3e1r1s1o1n1
Depends on the listSTATESPERSON · 12 letters · 14 pts Scrabble · 16 pts WWF
14points in Scrabble
16points in Words with Friends
12letters
1hook available

Which word lists accept STATESPERSON?

Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, ThailandNot listed
Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, ThailandNot listed
Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countriesValid
Words with FriendsZynga word listValid

Word power: 30 / 100

30WORD POWER
Points per tile 35%
1.17
Hooks 25%
1
Bingo potential 20%
no
Tile availability 20%
6.58%

Our own measure of how useful STATESPERSON is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for STATESPERSON

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

statespersons15

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How STATESPERSON scores

Scrabble s1t1a1t1e1s1p3e1r1s1o1n1 14
Words with Friends s1t1a1t1e1s1p4e1r1s1o1n2 16

Face value of the 12 tiles in STATESPERSON, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

LetterNeededIn the bag
s34
t26
a19
e212
p12
r16
o18
n16

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STATESPERSON has to be built on the board across turns.

Words starting with STATESPERSON

statespersons15

1 longer words begin with STATESPERSON.

Shorter words from the letters in STATESPERSON

patronesses13 pattresses12 personates12 poetasters12 preseasons12 raptnesses12 sternposts12 transposes12 starstones10 tartnesses10 apertness11 aptnesses11 entrepots11 operettas11 patentors11 patnesses11 patroness11 peartness11 personate11 petasoses11 poetaster11 portesses11 postteens11 preseason11 pretastes11 prostates11 proteases11 protenses11 responses11 spareness11 starspots11 sternpost11 taperness11 tapstress11 transepts11 transpose11 trapnests11 assenters9 assentors9 earstones9

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Common questions about STATESPERSON

Is STATESPERSON valid in Words with Friends?
Yes. Words with Friends accepts STATESPERSON, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is STATESPERSON worth?
STATESPERSON is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to STATESPERSON?
STATESPERSON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 12 letters of STATESPERSON:

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