Definition of confounded

"confounded" in the verb sense

1. confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate

be confusing or perplexing to cause to be unable to think clearly

"These questions confuse even the experts"

"This question completely threw me"

"This question befuddled even the teacher"

2. confuse, confound

mistake one thing for another

"you are confusing me with the other candidate"

"I mistook her for the secretary"

"confounded" in the adjective sense

1. baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea

perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements filled with bewilderment

"obviously bemused by his questions"

"bewildered and confused"

"a cloudy and confounded philosopher"

"just a mixed-up kid"

"she felt lost on the first day of school"

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Quotations for confounded

You may have a good memory but have a confounded judgment. [ Proverb ]

Divine indifference and brutish indifference are too often confounded. [ Feuchtersleben ]

The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness. [ Metastasio ]

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part; the rest are confounded with the multitude. [ Voltaire ]

A good ear for music, and a good taste for music, are two very different things winch are often confounded; and so is comprehending and enjoying every object of sense and sentiment. [ Lord Greville ]

Vanity is a confounded donkey, very apt to put his head between his legs, and chuck us over; but pride is a fine horse, that will carry us over the ground, and enable us to distance our fellow-travelers. [ Marryat ]

confounded in Scrabble®

The word confounded is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters confounded:

CONFOUNDED
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (4 words)

cofound, condone, founded, uncoded

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word confounded

CONFOUNDED
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In confounded

CONFOUNDED
(189)
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(162)
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(126)
CONFOUNDED
(108)
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(42)

confounded in Words With Friends™

The word confounded is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters confounded:

CONFOUNDED
(297)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (4 words)

cofound, condone, founded, uncoded

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word confounded

CONFOUNDED
(297)
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(243)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In confounded

CONFOUNDED
(297)
CONFOUNDED
(243)
CONFOUNDED
(174)
CONFOUNDED
(150)
COFOUND
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CONFOUNDED
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COFOUND
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CONFOUNDED
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FECUND
(93)
CONFOUNDED
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(69)
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(63)
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confounded + 2 blanks (1 word)

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Words that start with confounded (3 words)

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Shorter words in confounded

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confoundedly

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