states' rights

NOUN
14 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S

states' rights is a valid 14-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1T1A1T1E1S1'0R1I1G2H4T1S1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 1 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING

What does states' rights mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states.