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Yes. The word national is a Scrabble US word. The word national is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is national a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word national is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

NATIONAL,

7-letter words (3 found)

AILANTO,ALATION,ANTLION,

6-letter words (10 found)

ALANIN,ANOINT,ANTLIA,ATONAL,ATONIA,LATINA,LATINO,NAIANT,NATION,TALION,

5-letter words (15 found)

ALANT,ALOIN,ANION,ANNAL,ANNAT,LANAI,LIANA,NATAL,NITON,NOINT,NOTAL,TALON,TANNA,TOLAN,TONAL,

4-letter words (48 found)

ALAN,ALIT,ALTO,ANAL,ANAN,ANIL,ANNA,ANNO,ANOA,ANON,ANTA,ANTI,INTO,IOTA,LAIN,LANA,LANT,LATI,LINN,LINO,LINT,LION,LOAN,LOIN,LOTA,LOTI,NAAN,NAIL,NAIN,NALA,NANA,NANO,NAOI,NOIL,NONA,NONI,NOTA,OINT,TAAL,TAIL,TAIN,TALA,TALI,TANA,TIAN,TINA,TOIL,TOLA,

3-letter words (32 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIN,AIT,ALA,ALT,ANA,ANI,ANN,ANT,INN,ION,ITA,LAT,LIN,LIT,LOT,NAN,NAT,NIL,NIT,NON,NOT,OAT,OIL,TAI,TAN,TAO,TIL,TIN,TON,

2-letter words (18 found)

AA,AI,AL,AN,AT,IN,IO,IT,LA,LI,LO,NA,NO,OI,ON,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 127 words from national according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of national

national

Etymology

From Middle French national, corresponding to nation +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnaʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˈnaʃn(ə)l/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnæʃən(ə)l/, /ˈnæʃn(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -æʃənəl

Adjective

national (comparative more national, superlative most national)

  1. Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]
  2. Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others. [from 17th c.]
  3. (now rare) Nationalistic; patriotic. [from 17th c.]

Usage notes

See nation for notes regarding the usage of national to refer to the UK and its member states.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

national (plural nationals)

  1. A subject of a nation.
  2. (usually in the plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.
  3. (usually in the plural, journalism) A national newspaper.

Translations

Further reading

  • “national”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “national”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • nataloin, notalian

Danish

Etymology

From New Latin nationalis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naɕoˈnæˀl], occasionally (to stress the opposition to international) IPA(key): [ˈnaɕoˌnæˀl]

Adjective

national

  1. national, having to do with a particular country in opposition to other nations
    Antonym: international
  2. national, having to do with the whole and not only single parts of it
    Antonym: regional
  3. patriotic, having positive feelings for one's own nation

Inflection

Derived terms

  • international

References

  • “national” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From nation +‎ -al; cf. New Latin nationalis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.sjɔ.nal/

Adjective

national (feminine nationale, masculine plural nationaux, feminine plural nationales)

  1. national

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “national”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Derived from Nation (“nation”) under the influence of French national.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌnatsi̯oˈnaːl/, [ˌna.tsjoˈnaːl], /ˈnatsi̯oˌnaːl/, [ˈna.tsjoˌnaːl]
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

national (strong nominative masculine singular nationaler, comparative nationaler, superlative am nationalsten)

  1. national (being part of a nation's identity or character)
    eine nationale Tradition ― a national tradition
    die nationale Sprache (≈ die Nationalsprache) ― the national language
    nationale Eigenarten ― national characteristics
  2. national (of importance for the nation as a whole)
    nationale Belange ― national interests
    eine nationale Katastrophe ― a national catastrophe
    der nationale Dialog ― the national dialogue
  3. nationwide, national (covering a country, as opposed to regional and international levels; see usage note below)
    nationale Parlamente (≈ Nationalparlamente) ― national parliaments
    auf nationaler Ebene ― on the national level
    die nationale Gesetzgebung ― national legislation
  4. (moderately) nationalist
    das nationale Lager ― the nationalist camp
    Sozialismus nationaler Prägung ― socialism with a nationalist imprint

Usage notes

  • The comparative forms are infrequent.
  • German national in the sense of “nationwide” occurs chiefly in a political context, as shown in the examples above. Its use in other contexts is often modeled on English usage: ein nationaler Gesangswettbewerb (“a national singing competition”). The more idiomatic German word is landesweit or, in the cases of Germany and Austria specifically, bundesweit: ein landesweiter/bundesweiter Gesangswettbewerb.

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • “national” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “national” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “national” in Duden online

Source: wiktionary.org