The Clue
Bungled (7 letter answer)
The Answer
FLUFFED
Tags
Notes
The answer FLUFFED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
FLUFF as a verb:
1. (botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up) = make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
2. (ruffle, fluff) = erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"
3. (tease, fluff) = ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect