spiel

Plural: spiels

Noun

plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.
An early form of rap music.
A game of curling.

Verb

Verb Forms: spieled, spieling, spiels

To deliver a lengthy, often glib or persuasive, speech.
replay (as a melody)
speak at great length (about something)
To talk at length.
To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking.

Examples

He loved to SPIEL about his Scrabble strategy, even when he was losing.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from German Spiel (“game, performance”) or Yiddish שפּיל (shpil), both from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.
Cognate with Old English spilian (“to revel, play”). See speel.

Synonyms

line of gab, patter, play

Scrabble Score: 7

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

Words With Friends Score: 9

spiel: valid Words With Friends Word