affiance

Plural: affiances

Verb

Verb Forms: affianced, affiancing, affiances

To pledge in marriage; to betroth.
give to in marriage
To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.

Noun

Faith, trust.
A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.

Examples

I will affiance my Q to that triple-letter score, I promise you.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French affiance, from affier (from Medieval Latin affīdāre, from *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere) + -ance.

Synonyms

betroth, engage, plight

Scrabble Score: 16

affiance: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
affiance: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
affiance: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

affiance: valid Words With Friends Word