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Is muddle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word muddle is a Scrabble US word. The word muddle is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

M3U1D2D2L1E1

Is muddle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word muddle is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

M3U1D2D2L1E1

Is muddle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word muddle is a Words With Friends word. The word muddle is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4U2D2D2L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

MUDDLE,

5-letter words (2 found)

LEDUM,MULED,

4-letter words (8 found)

DUDE,DUED,DUEL,DULE,LEUD,LUDE,MELD,MULE,

3-letter words (17 found)

DEL,DUD,DUE,DUM,ELD,ELM,EMU,LED,LEU,LUD,LUM,MED,MEL,MEU,MUD,ULE,UME,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,ED,EL,EM,ME,MU,UM,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 36 words from muddle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of muddle

muddle

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌdl̩/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌd(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -ʌdəl
  • Hyphenation: mud‧dle

Etymology 1

From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). Compare German Kuddelmuddel.

Verb

muddle (third-person singular simple present muddles, present participle muddling, simple past and past participle muddled)

  1. To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
  2. To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
  3. To dabble in mud.
    • c. 1721-1722, Jonathan Swift, The Progress of Marriage
      Young ducklings foster'd by a hen;
      But, when let out, they run and muddle
  4. To make turbid or muddy.
  5. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
  6. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
  7. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
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Noun

muddle (plural muddles)

  1. A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
  2. (cooking and cocktails) A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
Derived terms
  • muddle-headed
Related terms
  • mudpuddle
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

muddle (plural muddles)

  1. (India, historical) A servant's attendant; underservant.
References
  • Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “muddle”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

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