palter

Verb

Verb Forms: paltered, paltering, palters

To talk or act insincerely; to equivocate.
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
To give a false impression by selective use of true but misleading statements.
To trifle.
To haggle.
To babble; to chatter.

Examples

He tried to PALTER with the rules, suggesting his misspelled word was an acceptable variant.

Origin / Etymology

Probably from Middle English *palter (“rag, trifle, worthless thing”), from Middle Low German palter (“rag, cloth”). More at paltry.

Synonyms

beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, tergiversate

Scrabble Score: 8

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

Words With Friends Score: 10

palter: valid Words With Friends Word