The Clue
Flubs (5 letter answer)
The Answer
MUFFS
Tags
Notes
The answer MUFFS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
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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"