flubber

Plural: flubbers

Noun

One who habitually makes mistakes or bumbles things.
A rubbery polymer formed by cross-linking of polyvinyl alcohol with a boron compound, used as a plaything or to demonstrate physical properties.
One who flubs; a goof, a person who makes errors while speaking.

Examples

After missing an easy seven-letter word, he felt like a total FLUBBER at the Words With Friends tournament.

Origin / Etymology

Blend of flying + rubber; originally the name of a fictional substance in the film The Absent-Minded Professor (1961).

Synonyms

slime

Scrabble Score: 14

flubber: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
flubber: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flubber: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

flubber: valid Words With Friends Word