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Answer for the clue "Blindly searching with the hands ", 7 letters:
groping

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An act of groping; a grope. vb. (present participle of grope English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence; "a groping effort to understand" [syn: hesitant ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
When used in a sexual context, groping is touching or fondling another person in an unwelcome sexual way using the hands. The term generally has a negative connotation in many societies, and may be considered sexual assault , and terms such as frotteurism ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grope \Grope\ (gr[=o]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groped (gr[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Groping .] [OE. gropen, gropien, grapien, AS. gr[=a]pian to touch, grope, fr. gr[imac]pan to gripe. See Gripe .] To feel with or use the hands; to handle. [Obs.] To search or ...

Usage examples of groping.

All of these mutual gropings could be excused on grounds that the Princess must not be allowed to fall into the cold stew of fish-innards that was Billingsgate Dock.

My thoughts passed into the great room across the landing where the table was spread, and I saw it written, as it were, in the falls of the cobwebs from the centre-piece, in the crawlings of the spiders on the cloth, in the tracks of the mice as they betook their little quickened hearts behind the panels, and in the gropings and pausings of the beetles on the floor.