addle

addle is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, adjective, transitive/intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Liquid filth; mire. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Liquid filth; mire.
2. noun. Lees; dregs.
3. adjective. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.
4. transitive/intransitive verb. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
5. transitive/intransitive verb. To earn by labor.
6. transitive/intransitive verb. To thrive or grow; to ripen.
7. verb. become rotten

   "addled eggs"

8. verb. mix up or confuse

   "He muddled the issues"

   Synonyms: muddle, puddle

Synonyms

muddle, puddle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in addle:

dedal, laded

Common word forms

addled, addles, addling, addlement, addleness

Words from these letters

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