bamboozle
bamboozle is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. Face value is 24 in Scrabble and 28 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.
- verb. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
"He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
Synonyms
Common word forms
bamboozled, bamboozler, bamboozles, bamboozling, bamboozlement
Words from these letters
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