Garbles
7 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
Third-person singular present tense of garble, meaning distorts or corrupts a message or account through alteration or omission.
“The noisy connection garbles every telephone call and makes conversation impossible.”
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Wordle
Starts with GAR, contains B, ends with -LES, a common word in everyday use
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Scrabble
Worth 11 points, B gives solid tile value, -S hook on GARBLE is the natural extension
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