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botch

noun verb

An embarrassing mistake

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Word length
5
Starts with
B
Ends with
H
Contains
OT
Scrabble score
12

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noun

  1. An embarrassing mistake

verb

  1. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin

    “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”

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I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

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