blunder

Plural: blunders

Noun

an embarrassing mistake
A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
Confusion; bewilderment; trouble; disturbance; clamour.

Verb

Verb Forms: blundered, blundering, blunders

To make a foolish or careless mistake.
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
- "I blundered during the job interview"
make one's way clumsily or blindly
utter impulsively
- "He blundered his stupid ideas"
To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid.
To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid.
To make a bad move, especially caused by tactical oversight.
To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid.
To make a bad move and thereby cause the loss of (a piece).
To move in an unsteady way.
To enter a place or become involved in a difficult situation by mistake.
To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.

Examples

He knew he’d BLUNDERED when he played a word that opened up a triple-word score for his Scrabble opponent.
to blunder in preparing a medical prescription

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren, a frequentative form of Middle English blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend + -er); and partly from Middle English blundren, a frequentative form of Middle English blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”). Cognates include Norwegian blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”), dialectal Swedish blundra (“to act blindly or rashly”), Danish blunde (“to blink”) or blunde (“to take a nap”), Icelandic blunda (“to nap; doze”). Related to English blind.

Synonyms

bloomer, blooper, blunder out, blurt, blurt out, boner, boo-boo, boob, botch, bungle, drop the ball, ejaculate, flub, foul-up, fuckup, fumble, goof, pratfall, sin, error, howler, mul:??

Scrabble Score: 10

blunder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
blunder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
blunder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

blunder: valid Words With Friends Word