aval

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4

Definition of aval

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
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noun

  1. A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
  2. Synonym of flattened rice.

adj

  1. (not-comparable, rare)Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent.
    “Sosrodihardjo found it hard to support his children, and the young Sukarno was sent to stay with his grandmother […] Believing that the boy had supernatural powers of healing, she put him to licking the afflicted parts of ailing villagers, and decided that he would be a clairvoyant. But alas for aval ambitions; Sukarno turned out to be a visionary of quite a different sort.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French aval.

Anagrams of aval

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Words you can make from aval

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3-letter words

4 words

2-letter words

3 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 front

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