11 Letter Words for Floundering
floundering
10 Letter Words for Floundering
forlending, fouldering, foundering, groundline, loundering, refounding
9 Letter Words for Floundering
defouling, enfolding, foundling, loudening, loudering, refolding, refunding, roundline, underfong, underling, uneroding, unfolding, unforeign, unfringed, ungodlier, ungroined, unignored, unlording
8 Letter Words for Floundering
dirgeful, enduring, feruling, florigen, flounder, flouring, fluoride, fluorine, fondling, fonduing, founding, fourling, fulgorid, grounden, gueridon, indulger, infolder, ingulfed, lounding, neurofil, ninefold, nonfluid, nurdling, oldening, reinfund, reunfold, rounding, unflorid, unfoiled, unfolden, unfolder, unforged, unfriend, unfringe, ungirdle, ungolden, unironed, unrifled, unringed, unroiled, urnfield
7 Letter Words for Floundering
dernful, derning, direful, doeling, dolerin, dourine, dringle, droning, dueling, dungeon, dungier, dunnier, durenol, durning, eluding, endiron, endlong, enduing, enround, eroding, fending, fenuron, ferling, ferning, feuding, figured, firedog, fleuron, flinder, flinger, floured, fluorid, fluorin, folding, foldure, fonding, fondler, fording, foreign, forlend, foudrie, foulder, fouling, founder, fringed, frundel, fueling, fuglier, fulgide, funding, fungoid, funnier, funorin, furling, furlong, girlond, gironde, glenoid, gloried, godlier, goldier, goldurn, grindle, grinned, groined, grundel, grunion, guerdon, guilder, gulfier, gunfire, gunline, ignored, indogen, indulge, inferno, infound, inurned, lending, lignone, linuron, longfin, longrun, lording, lounder, lounged, lounger, louning, louring, negroid, negroni, neuroid, nondrug, nonfuel, nonlife, norelin, norgine, nounier, nurling, orfgild, orgueil, ouglied, ounding, redoing, refling, refound, rending, rendoun, reunion, rolfing, rouling, roundel, roundle, underfo, undergo, underli, undigne, undoing, unfelon, unfiend, unfilde, unfiled, unfined, unfired, unfried, ungored, unioned, unlined, unlodge, unnegro, unogled, unoiled
6 Letter Words for Floundering
defoil, defoul, dering, dinero, dinful, dinger, dingle, dinner, dinnle, diurne, diuron, doline, doling, dongle, doning, drogue, dronel, dufoil, dulfer, dunger, dungol, dungon, dunlin, dunner, durgen, during, durion, elding, elfing, eloign, ending, endrin, enduro, enfoil, enfold, enfoul, engild, engird, engold, engrid, engulf, enring, enruin, eringo, erning, feloid, fennig, feuing, figure, finder, findon, finger, finned, finner, fleing, flidge, flneur, flodge, florid, florin, fluier, fluing, fodgel, foiled, foiler, foined, folden, folder, fonder, fondle, fondue, fonned, forged, forgie, forlie, fouled, fouler, fridge, friend, fringe, fronde, fudger, fugled, fugler, fulgid, fulgor, fuligo, funder, fundie, fungid, fungin, funned, funnel, funner, funori, furdel, furdle, furied, furile, furled, furoid, furoin, furole, gdinfo, genion, gerful, gerund, gideon, gilden, gilder, gilour, ginned, ginnel, ginner, ginnle, girdle, girned, girnel, giroed, glider, gloire, gluier, goidel, golden, golder, goldie, goldin, golfed, golfer, gorlin, gourde, greund, groned, ground, gruine, guenon, guider, guidon, guiled, guiler, guinde, guinfo, gulden, gulfed, gundie, gunned, gunnel, gunner, gurdle, gurled, gurned, ignore, indole, indone, indure, infern, influe, infund, ingenu, ingnue, inguen, ingulf, inogen, inured, ireful, ironed, ldinfo, legion, leonid, lering, lidger, lienor, ligure, linden, linder, linger, linned, lionne, lodger, lodine, loeing, logier, loined, longed, longer, longue, loring, louden, louder, louned, lounge, loured, lourie, lunged, lungen, lunger, lungie, lunier, lunoid, lurden, luring, neroli, neurin, neurol, neuron, ningle, nirled, nodule, noduli, nofile, noiler, noulde, nudger, nurdle, nurled, odling, olefin, olenid, ondine, onding, ondule, online, orguil, ouglie, oulder, redfin, reding, refind, reflog, refold, refund, regild, region, reguli, regulo, relong, rfound, ridgel, rifled, rigole, rindle, ringed, ringle, roding, rogued, roiled, roined, rolfed, rondel, rondle, ronnel, rouged, rouled, rounge, rueing, rugine, ruined, ruling, rundel, rundle, runnel, uglied, uglier, undern, undine, undoer, undone, unfile, unfine, unfold, unfond, ungild, ungird, ungold, ungone, ungord, ungrid, unidle, unline, unlord, unrein, unride, unrife, unrind, unring, ureido, urined, urling, urning
5 Letter Words for Floundering
defog, deign, derig, derog, diego, digne, digue, diner, dinge, dingo, dirge, diurn, dogie, doing, donne, dougl, dreng, drinn, droil, drole, drone, drung, duing, duler, dunne, dunno, duole, durio, egrid, eldin, elfin, eloin, elong, enfin, engin, ennui, enoil, enorn, ergon, ering, erugo, feign, felid, felon, ferio, fgrid, fidel, fidge, field, fiend, filed, filer, fined, finer, fired, fleur, flied, flier, fling, flong, flour, flrie, flued, fluer, fluid, flung, fluor, flurn, foder, fodge, fogie, fogle, folie, forel, forge, fouer, foule, found, frden, freon, freud, fried, frond, fuder, fudge, fuego, fuero, fugie, fugio, fugle, fundi, funge, fungi, fungo, funli, furil, furol, gelid, genin, genio, genro, geoid, giron, gleir, glenn, glide, glode, glore, glued, gluer, gluon, gnide, gofer, goier, gondi, gonef, goner, gonid, gonif, gonne, gored, gourd, grein, gride, grief, grind, groin, grond, grone, grouf, grued, gruel, grufe, guelf, guide, guild, guile, guiro, gundi, gunne, gurle, idler, ileon, indef, indol, infer, inger, ingle, inglu, inned, inner, inone, inorg, inrol, inrun, inure, inurn, irone, legin, lenin, lifen, lifer, liger, ligne, lindo, lined, linen, liner, linge, lingo, linon, loden, lodge, logie, login, loire, loner, longe, lored, loren, louie, lound, lourd, loure, luged, luger, lunge, lungi, lured, lurgi, lurid, negro, nerol, nguni, nidge, nidor, nifle, niger, niner, noire, noreg, norge, norie, nould, noule, nuder, nudge, nudie, oenin, ogled, ogler, oiled, oiler, olden, older, oldie, olein, onned, orgue, oriel, ourie, redig, redon, redug, regin, reign, relig, rendu, renig, renin, reoil, riden, ridge, rifle, rigel, rigol, riled, ringe, rodge, rogue, ronde, ronin, ronne, rouen, rouge, roule, round, rudge, rudie, ruing, ruled, runed, uloid, unden, under, undig, undog, undon, unfed, ungod, union, unled, unlid, unlie, unode, unoil, unold, unorn, unred, unrid, unrig, uredo, ureid, urged, uriel, urine, urled, urned
4 Letter Words for Floundering
defi, degu, deil, delf, deli, deni, derf, dern, dero, deul, diel, dier, dilo, dine, ding, dino, diol, dire, dirl, doen, doer, doge, dole, dolf, doli, done, dong, doni, dore, dorn, dour, dreg, drie, drof, drou, drug, duel, duer, dule, dune, dung, durn, duro, egol, eild, elod, endo, engl, engr, enol, enuf, eorl, ergo, erin, euoi, euro, fedn, feil, fend, feni, feod, ferd, fern, feru, feud, fide, fido, fied, fiel, fier, figo, file, filo, find, fine, finn, fino, fire, firn, fled, fleg, flir, floe, flog, flon, flor, flue, foen, foge, foid, foil, foin, fold, fole, fond, fone, ford, fore, foud, foul, foun, four, fren, frig, froe, frog, frug, fuel, fund, fung, furl, furn, furo, gein, geir, geld, genl, genu, geod, geol, gied, gien, gild, gile, gilo, ginn, gird, gire, girl, girn, giro, gled, glei, glen, glid, glod, glor, glue, gneu, gode, goel, goen, goer, gold, gole, golf, goli, gond, gone, gore, gren, grid, grin, grue, gruf, grun, gude, guid, guld, gule, gulf, gulo, gunl, gurl, gurn, ideo, idle, idol, idun, iglu, inde, indn, infl, info, ingo, inne, inro, iode, ired, iron, iure, leir, lend, leng, leno, leon, leud, lido, lied, lief, lien, lier, lieu, life, lifo, lige, lind, line, ling, linn, lino, lion, lire, lndg, lode, loed, loge, loid, loin, loir, lond, lone, long, lord, lore, lori, lorn, loud, loun, lour, lude, ludo, luge, lund, lune, lung, lunn, lure, lurg, neif, nein, neon, nerd, nide, nied, nief, nife, nile, nine, niog, nirl, node, nodi, noel, noil, noir, nold, nole, none, nong, nore, nori, norn, noul, noun, nude, nung, nurd, nurl, odel, oder, odin, ogle, ogre, olid, oner, ordn, ordu, ored, orfe, orig, orle, ould, ourn, redo, refl, regd, rego, reif, rein, rend, renn, reno, rgen, ride, riel, rife, rile, rind, rine, ring, rode, roed, roid, roil, roin, role, rolf, rond, rone, rong, roud, roue, roul, roun, rude, rued, ruen, ruin, rule, rund, rune, rung, udon, ufer, ugli, unde, undo, unie, unio, urde, urge, urol
3 Letter Words for Floundering
def, deg, dei, del, den, der, die, dif, dig, dil, din, dir, dle, dlr, doe, dog, dol, don, dor, due, dug, dui, dun, duo, dur, edo, efl, ego, eir, eld, elf, eli, end, eng, enl, eof, eon, erd, erf, erg, ern, fdr, fed, fei, fen, fer, feu, fgn, fid, fie, fig, fil, fin, fir, fld, flo, flu, fod, foe, fog, fol, fon, for, fou, frg, fri, fro, fud, fug, fun, fur, ged, gel, gen, geo, ger, gid, gie, gif, gin, gio, gld, gnu, god, goi, gol, gon, gor, gou, grf, gro, gud, gue, gui, gul, gun, gur, ide, ido, ife, ign, ile, ilo, ind, inf, ing, inn, iof, ion, iou, ire, iud, ldg, led, leg, lei, leo, ler, leu, lid, lie, lif, lig, lin, lir, lnr, lod, loe, lof, log, lor, lud, lue, lug, luo, lur, ned, nef, neg, nei, neo, nid, nie, nig, nil, nne, nod, nog, nol, non, nor, nul, nun, nur, ode, oer, oie, oil, old, ole, one, oni, ord, ore, orf, org, orl, oud, ouf, oui, our, red, ref, reg, rei, rel, rid, rie, rif, rig, rin, rio, rld, rle, rnd, rod, roe, rog, roi, ron, rud, rue, rug, run, udo, ufo, ule, ung, uni, unl, unn, urd, ure, urf, urn
Definitions for Floundering
[1] to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
[2] to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job.
[3] to struggle; to move with difficulty, as in mud
[4] to behave awkwardly; make mistakes
[5] the act of floundering
[6] Also called: fluke a European flatfish, Platichthys flesus having a greyish-brown body covered with prickly scales: family Pleuronectidae : an important food fish
[7] US and Canadian any flatfish of the families Bothidae (turbot, etc) and Pleuronectidae (plaice, halibut, sand dab, etc)
Words related to Floundering
flounderwallow, flop, stumble, plunge, travail, tumble, toss, flummox, lurch, snafu, labor, toil, fumble, thrash, grope, blunder, muddle, strive, bobble, pratfall
Words nearby Floundering
flounderflotsam and jetsam, flotus, flounce, flouncing, flouncy, flounder, flour, flour beetle, flour mill, flour mite, flour moth
Origin of Floundering
11570–80; perhaps blend of flounce1 and founder2
Other words from Floundering
floun·der·ing·ly , adverb
un·floun·der·ing , adjective
Word origin for Floundering
C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse flythra , Norwegian flundra
Synonyms for Floundering
flop, stumble, wallow, blunder, bobble, flummox, fumble, grope, labor, lurch, muddle, plunge, pratfall, snafu, strive, thrash, toil, toss, travail, tumble, cast about, come apart at the seams, drop the ball, fall down, foul up, go at backwards, go to pieces, make a mess of, miss one's cue, screw up, slip up, stub one's toe, trip up, work at