mistruth
Plural: mistruths
Noun
- A lie; an untruthful statement.
- Untruth; falsehood.
- A statement which, while technically true, is dishonestly misleading.
Examples
- Claiming a non-word was valid felt like a MISTRUTH in the competitive Scrabble circuit.
Origin / Etymology
From mis- + truth. Cognate with Middle High German missetriuwede.
Scrabble Score: 13
mistruth: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmistruth: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mistruth: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
mistruth: valid Words With Friends Word