The Clue
Fielding error (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MUFF
Tags
Notes
The answer MUFF is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Fumble
Dropped pop fly
Definition
MUFF as a noun:
1. a warm tubular covering for the hands
2. (fumble, muff) = (sports) dropping the ball
MUFF as a verb:
1. fail to catch, as of a ball
2. (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"