American English pronunciation
How to pronounce scrabble
IPA transcription: [sk'ɹæbəl]
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Noun
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an aimless drawing
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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
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feel searchingly
“She groped for his keys in the dark”
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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.