S: (n) fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish (informal terms for a difficult situation) "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
S: (n) difficulty (a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome) "grappling with financial difficulties"
Verb
S: (v) muddle, puddle (make into a puddle) "puddled mire"
S: (v) addle, muddle, puddle (mix up or confuse) "He muddled the issues"