statement S₁T₁A₁T₁E₁M₃E₁N₁T₁

Statement is a familiar word with several distinct uses: it can be a spoken remark, a position someone presents, a financial summary, or a computer instruction. Its nine letters also make it a substantial board play, though the base score comes mostly from a single M. TESTAMENT rearranges every letter.

Statement at a glance

• STATEMENT has nine letters and earns 11 base points in standard Scrabble.
• TESTAMENT uses the same letters, making it the sole anagram.
• Its twelve listed rhymes include went, event, and different.
• No one-letter neighbour is recorded for STATEMENT, so there is no simple tile swap to study.

What does statement mean?

Statement means a declaration or remark, but it also describes a presentation of opinion or position. In finance, it names a document that summarizes activity; in programming, it can mean an instruction that returns no value, unlike a function call.

That range makes statement flexible: a spoken claim, a financial document, and a line of code can all fit the same spelling. Context tells you which sense is intended, so a bare definition should not collapse them into one.

TESTAMENT is the exact letter rearrangement, not a near-match. The rhyme group follows the final “-ent” sound, with short examples such as went and event alongside longer words such as government and development.

How many Scrabble points is statement worth?

STATEMENT scores 11 points before board bonuses. The M supplies 3 points; each of the other eight tiles is worth 1, giving a base total of 8 × 1 + 3 = 11. A premium square can change the final score, but not those letter values.

Three T tiles give the word repeated letters, while the M is its only higher-value tile. The practical scoring insight is to focus on placement: a word multiplier matters more here than trying to build around a premium letter. At nine letters, fitting STATEMENT across a crowded board can be harder than calculating its total.

The word is common in everyday English, but its length and modest base score do not make it an automatic play. Check your game's word list before relying on it, since accepted vocabulary can differ between word-game dictionaries.