verb (used with object), be·fud·dled, be·fud·dling. to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises. to make stupidly drunk.

Is befuddled a real word?

When someone is utterly bewildered or mixed-up, they're befuddled, and this extreme kind of confusion is befuddlement.

Is the word really in the dictionary?

It isn't really a dictionary – it's a sort of phrase book.