States of Matter

[Giacomo Berti 1A]

Can a single molecule of something (say, water) be described as having a state of matter like gas, solid, liquid, etc. or would that not make sense since the states of matter are defined only by the relative strengths of interactions between molecules?

[ElizabethDo2E]

A single molecule can't be described as a specific state of matter because states like solid, liquid, or gas are defined by how molecules interact in bulk, not by the properties of one lone molecule.