Definitions for fumbles

fumbles fum·ble

Spelling: [fuhm-buh l]
IPA: /ˈfʌm bəl/

Fumbles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in fumbles (beflmsu).

Definitions for fumbles

noun

  1. the act of fumbling:
  2. Sports. an act or instance of fumbling the ball.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make, handle, etc., clumsily or inefficiently:
  2. Sports. to fail to hold or maintain hold on (a ball) after having touched it or carried it.

verb (used without object)

  1. to feel or grope about clumsily:
  2. Sports. to fumble the ball.

Origin of fumbles

1500-10; akin to Norwegian, Swedish fumla, Middle Low German fummeln to grope, fumble

Examples for fumbles

Getting the ball back after the fumble and running 83 yards for the game-winning touchdown is a little better.

Following the fumble, all hope for a comeback—and, by extension, for a competitive game—vanished.

The girl's face flushed, and she began to fumble the shawl nervously with her fingers.

He began to fumble presently for his Bible,—he must have some help.

But there were a whole lot of people crying “fumble” then, too.

He had promised me faithfully not to fumble with his cravat, and evidently he had not once stirred.

No language except the chaos we fumble with could make it possible.

Fly, Ravens, Fly Baltimore capitalized on the James fumble, carving up the vaunted 49er defense with a mixture of run and pass.

I heard him murmur something about the servants and fumble for the switch.

Yet the Saudis backed the intervention in Libya—only to see the Americans fumble their leadership once again.

Word Value for fumbles
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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