rumple

Plural: rumples

Verb

Verb Forms: rumpled, rumpling, rumples

To make uneven folds or creases in something; to wrinkle.
disturb the smoothness of
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
To muss; to tousle.

Noun

A wrinkle.

Examples

He was so frustrated by his hand of tiles, he wanted to rumple the Scrabble board.
I'll rumple my bedsheets so it looks like I was here last night.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rimplen (“to become wrinkled”). Compare German rumpeln (“to din, to make the welkin ring”) and Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”).

Synonyms

cockle, crease, crinkle, crumple, knit, mess up, pucker, ruffle, ruffle up, wrinkle

Scrabble Score: 10

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

Words With Friends Score: 14

rumple: valid Words With Friends Word