Addled
6 lettersadjectivemoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Describes an egg that has gone bad and is no longer fit to eat, or more broadly, confused and muddled in thought.
“She cracked the addled egg over the sink and immediately discarded it.”
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Starts with ADD and ends in -LED, the double D near the start is a notable pattern
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Scrabble
Worth 8 points, the -ED ending makes it a clean extension of ADDLE on the board
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