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How to pronounce scrabble

IPA transcription: [sk'ɹæbəl]

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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

Verb

  • feel searchingly

    “She groped for his keys in the dark”

  • write down quickly without much attention to detail

Usage examples

  • As Katie appeared, Scrabble whisked into his hole.
  • Dierks was formerly known as "Hardscrabble".
  • Tournament Scrabble players often play with a minimum word length of six or seven.
  • This may be used as a heuristic in games such as "Scrabble".
  • There are also round-robin chess, draughts, go, curling and Scrabble tournaments.
  • However, the differences are enough to upset normal "Scrabble" strategies.