scrabble
scrabble · scrabbles
каракули, закорючка, дудлинг
Gekritzel
A scrambleA scramble.
/ˈskɹæbəl/
» Tom and Mary played a game of Scrabble.
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1 sensesA scramble.
a scrabble for dear life
More definitions
- 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
- an aimless drawing
Examples
11 sentencesTom and Mary played a game of Scrabble.
Tom and Mary played Scrabble.
I'm not going to scrabble about in the couch cushions for a spare coin.
Sami and Layla played some Scrabble.
He knows how to play Scrabble too.
Origin
From Middle Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben (“to scrape”), equivalent to scrFrom Middle Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben (“to scrape”), equivalent to scrab + -le. More at scrape.
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