kluge

Plural: kluges

Noun

A clumsy or makeshift solution to a problem; a kludge.
Something that should not work, but does.
A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.

Verb

Alternative form of kludge.

Examples

His game strategy was a kluge, an improvisation that surprisingly worked.

Origin / Etymology

From US military slang, possibly from German klug (“clever”), or perhaps from Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare English klutz.)
According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge.
Compare kludge.

Synonyms

workaround

Scrabble Score: 10

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

Words With Friends Score: 13

kluge: valid Words With Friends Word