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What does garble mean? Is garble a Scrabble word?

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Is garble a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word garble is a Scrabble US word. The word garble is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

G2A1R1B3L1E1

Is garble a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word garble is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

G2A1R1B3L1E1

Is garble a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word garble is a Words With Friends word. The word garble is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3A1R1B4L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

GARBLE,

5-letter words (18 found)

ABLER,ARGLE,BAGEL,BALER,BARGE,BEGAR,BELAR,BELGA,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,GABLE,GARBE,GLARE,GLEBA,LAGER,LARGE,REGAL,

4-letter words (30 found)

ABER,ABLE,AGER,ALBE,AREG,ARLE,BAEL,BALE,BARE,BEAL,BEAR,BERG,BLAE,BLAG,BRAE,BRAG,EARL,EGAL,GALE,GARB,GARE,GEAL,GEAR,GRAB,LAER,LARE,LEAR,RAGE,RALE,REAL,

3-letter words (29 found)

AGE,ALB,ALE,ARB,ARE,BAE,BAG,BAL,BAR,BEG,BEL,BRA,EAR,ERA,ERG,GAB,GAE,GAL,GAR,GEL,GER,LAB,LAG,LAR,LEA,LEG,RAG,REB,REG,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AE,AG,AL,AR,BA,BE,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 91 words from garble according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of garble

garble

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bəl

Verb

garble (third-person singular simple present garbles, present participle garbling, simple past and past participle garbled)

  1. To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
  2. To make false by mutilation or addition. [from 17th c.]
  3. (obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt. [14th–19th c.]

Derived terms

  • garbley gook

Translations

Noun

garble (countable and uncountable, plural garbles)

  1. Confused or unintelligible speech.
    • 1976, Boating (volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)
      The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.
  2. (obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.
  3. (obsolete) mutilation
  4. (obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.

Further reading

  • “garble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “garble”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “Garbler of spices” by Victor Mair, published by Language Log (2022-08-21)

Anagrams

  • Gabler, Grable, garbel

Source: wiktionary.org