After having to paddle his way through the slimy bog he was in a state of bedraggle.

There are hundreds of words that match this; bedraggle, defeating, deflating are but three.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern ----AGGL-. That is, nine letter words with 5th letter A and 6th letter G and 7th letter G and 8th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are:

bedraggle

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -E---G-LE. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter E and 6th letter G and 8th letter L and 9th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are:

bedraggle

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 11 words with the pattern --DR-G---. That is, nine letter words with 3rd letter D and 4th letter R and 6th letter G. In alphabetical order, they are:

androgens

androgyne

androgyny

bedraggle

bedrights

bedrugged

hydragogs

hydrogels

hydrogens

madrigals

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