Bungles

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of bungle, referring to embarrassing errors or clumsy failures resulting from incompetence.

“A series of bungles by the contractors delayed the building work by months.”

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Synonyms

blunderserrors mistakes fumbles botches

Antonyms

successesachievementstriumphs

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Wordle

Ends in -LES, contains NG in positions 4-5, closely resembles bundles and burgles

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Scrabble

No premium tiles, S at the end is a strong hook for extending existing board words

Words Related to Bungles

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bangles bundles bungled bungler burgles jungles

Words you can make from Bungles

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bugles bulges bungle lunges begun blens blues bugle bulge bulse bungs genus glens glues gules gusle leung lubes luges lunes lunge lungs negus slung

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