The Clue
Mishandle (6 letter answer)
The Answer
FUMBLE
Tags
Notes
The answer FUMBLE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
FUMBLE as a noun:
1. (fumble, muff) = (sports) dropping the ball
FUMBLE as a verb:
1. (grope, fumble) = feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
2. (fumble, blunder) = make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"
3. handle clumsily
4. (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"
5. drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"