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Is bungle a Scrabble word?

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

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Is bungle a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3U1N1G2L1E1

Is bungle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bungle is a Words With Friends word. The word bungle is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4U2N2G3L2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

BLUNGE,BUNGLE,

5-letter words (4 found)

BEGUN,BUGLE,BULGE,LUNGE,

4-letter words (12 found)

BLUE,BUNG,GENU,GLEN,GLUE,GULE,LENG,LUBE,LUGE,LUNE,LUNG,UNBE,

3-letter words (22 found)

BEG,BEL,BEN,BUG,BUN,ENG,GEL,GEN,GNU,GUB,GUE,GUL,GUN,LEG,LEU,LUG,LUN,NEB,NEG,NUB,NUG,ULE,

2-letter words (8 found)

BE,EL,EN,GU,NE,NU,UG,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from bungle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bungle

bungle

Etymology

The origin of the verb is uncertain; it is either:

  • onomatopoeic in origin (compare bumble (“to act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes”), fumble (“to grope awkwardly in trying to find something; to blunder uncertainly”)); or
  • from Old Norse; compare Old Swedish bunga (“to strike”), and dialectal Swedish bangla (“to work ineffectually”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌŋɡ(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋɡəl
  • Hyphenation: bung‧le

Verb

bungle (third-person singular simple present bungles, present participle bungling, simple past and past participle bungled)

  1. (transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:spoil
  2. (intransitive) To act or work incompetently; to fumble.
    Synonym: blunder

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Noun

bungle (plural bungles)

  1. A botched or incompetently handled action or situation; a blunder.
    Synonyms: botch, muddle

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  • blunge

Source: wiktionary.org