scrabble
Meanings
Plural: scrabbles
Noun
- an aimless drawing
- a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
- A scramble.
Verb
- feel searchingly
- write down quickly without much attention to detail
- To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
- To gather hastily.
- To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.
- To scribble.
- To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben (“to scrape”), equivalent to scrab + -le. More at scrape.
Scrabble Score: 14
scrabble is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordscrabble is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scrabble is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
scrabble is a valid Words With Friends word