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Is fumble a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fumble is a Scrabble US word. The word fumble is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

F4U1M3B3L1E1

Is fumble a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fumble is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

F4U1M3B3L1E1

Is fumble a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word fumble is a Words With Friends word. The word fumble is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4U2M4B4L2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

BEFLUM,FUMBLE,

5-letter words (4 found)

BLUME,FLUME,UMBEL,UMBLE,

4-letter words (8 found)

BLUE,BUMF,FLUB,FLUE,FUEL,FUME,LUBE,MULE,

3-letter words (16 found)

BEL,BUM,ELF,ELM,EMU,FEM,FEU,FLU,FUB,FUM,LEU,LUM,MEL,MEU,ULE,UME,

2-letter words (9 found)

BE,EF,EL,EM,FE,FU,ME,MU,UM,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from fumble according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fumble

fumble

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʌmbəl/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Etymology 1

Late Middle English, from Low German fommeln or Dutch fommelen.

Or, perhaps from a Scandinavian/North Germanic source; compare Old Norse fálma, Swedish fumla, Danish fumle, German fummeln.

The ultimate origin for either could perhaps be imitative of fumbling. Or, from Proto-Indo-European *pal- (“to shake, swing”), see also Latin palpo (“I pat, touch softly”), and possibly Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel”).

Verb

fumble (third-person singular simple present fumbles, present participle fumbling, simple past and past participle fumbled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
  3. (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.
  4. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
  5. (transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.
  6. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
  7. (slang, obsolete) Of a man, to sexually underperform. [16th to 18th c.]
Synonyms
  • (grope awkwardly): grubble, poke; see also Thesaurus:feel around
Derived terms
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Noun

fumble (plural fumbles)

  1. (sports, American football, Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident.
Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of fool +‎ crumble.

Noun

fumble (plural fumbles)

  1. (British) A dessert similar to a cross between a fool and a crumble.

Further reading

  • fumble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References


Source: wiktionary.org