garble

Plural: garbles

Verb

Verb Forms: garbled, garbling, garbles

To distort or confuse a message, making it unclear.
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
To make false by mutilation or addition.
To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
To sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuable parts of (something) from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt.

Noun

Confused or unintelligible speech.
Refuse; rubbish.
Mutilation.
Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.

Examples

His opponent’s attempt to GARBLE the rules was quickly called out.
The editor garbled the story.
to garble a quotation
to garble an account
to garble spices

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English garbelen, from Anglo-Norman garbeler (“to sift”), from Medieval Latin garbellare (or a similar Italian word), from Arabic غَرْبَلَ (ḡarbala, “to sift”).

Synonyms

distort, falsify, warp

Scrabble Score: 9

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

Words With Friends Score: 12

garble: valid Words With Friends Word