avouch

Verb

Verb Forms: avouched, avouching, avouches

To affirm or assert something.
admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
To declare freely and openly; to assert.
To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.

Noun

evidence; declaration

Examples

I can avouch for the validity of ’ZA’ and ’QI’ as playable words.

Origin / Etymology

From Old French avouchier, from Latin advocāre. Doublet of advocate, advoke, and avow.

Synonyms

avow

Antonyms

disavow

Scrabble Score: 14

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

Words With Friends Score: 16

avouch: valid Words With Friends Word