Kludged
7 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Past tense of kludge: assembled or patched together a makeshift solution using inelegant or ill-fitting components, particularly in a computing or engineering context.
“The developer kludged a workaround that held the system together until a properly engineered fix could be written.”
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Wordle
Contains K and G with the -ed suffix, the unusual KLUDG- consonant cluster is very distinctive in Wordle
Scrabble
K (5pts) and the rare KLUDG- cluster make this an unusual but valid Scrabble play for a strong score
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