Bodge

5 lettersverb

Updated June 2026

Definition

British informal for to repair or put together badly; a botched job.

“He bodged the plumbing and now the pipe leaks worse than before.”

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Synonyms

botchbumblefumblemuffblow flub spoilbungle

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Anagrams of Bodge

Words that use exactly the same letters as “bodge”.

bedog begod

Words one letter different

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badge bodle bouge bowge budge dodge fodge hodge lodge modge podge rodge wodge

Words you can make from Bodge

Shorter words formed from the letters in “bodge”.

bego bode dobe doeg doge egbo geod gode

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