AVAL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. AVAL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AVAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVAL is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVAL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AVAL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AVAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does AVAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A guarantee added to a bill of exchange or promissory note by a third party who promises payment.
An aval is a form of surety used in commercial and international trade law, where a guarantor signs the instrument to back the original debtor obligation. Giving an aval is especially common in civil-law countries and in cross-border trade finance.
How AVAL is used
Specialized legal and financial term, mostly found in trade-law and banking texts.
- The bank agreed to provide an aval on the exporter's note.
- Without an aval, the buyer's bill carried too much risk.
- The lawyer explained how an aval protects the payee.
- Their trading partner requested an aval before shipping the goods.
- An aval added an extra layer of security to the transaction.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AVAL
The 4 tiles of AVAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AVAL
10 longer words begin with AVAL.
Words ending in AVAL
8 words end in AVAL. Useful as a back hook: play AVAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with AVAL inside
Showing 24 of 58 words that contain AVAL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AVAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AVAL
Common questions about AVAL
- Is AVAL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AVAL is not in it.
- How many points is AVAL worth?
- AVAL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVAL mean?
- A guarantee added to a bill of exchange or promissory note by a third party who promises payment.
- What letters can be added to AVAL?
- AVAL takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AVAL:
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