Scrabble
48
3.7
- noun
- /ˈskræbəl/
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Scrabble
- They set up the Scrabble board and started forming words together.
- a Scrabble game
I've got this huge Scrabble board and no one to play Scrabble with.
- I've got this huge Scrabble board and no one to play Scrabble with.
- She knows some very long naughty words on the Scrabble board.
- It comes from a episode where Bart was playing Scrabble.
- It's almost a bit like Scrabble but without a board and it's really fun and it also teaches them words and things.
- Let's talk about the difference between a spelling bee and Scrabble and the spelling bee you are most of us when we do a spelling bee are nervous.
- Let me explain because I know Scrabble is not a crowd favorite, OK.
- And it wasn't that much longer after that that the worldwide Scrabble tile jewelry market crashed.
Examples
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I love Scrabble.
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An entrepreneur's Etsy shop features decorative Scrabble tiles for sale.
Academic text (2017) -
You can have my Scrabble bag of letters.
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We were supposed to play Scrabble.
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Have you seen these two play Scrabble?
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I brought you six books, dear, and a game of Scrabble.
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In fact, she was a Scrabble champion; she had won a title in a local competition.
Fiction book (1990) -
I've got this huge Scrabble board and no one to play Scrabble with.
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Ariella and Bonnie set up the Scrabble board at the kitchen table.
Fiction book (1993) -
Vivian gestures to the abandoned Scrabble game on the table.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
45
1.7
A game where players move pieces on a board by following rules
11
3.0
A game where players make or find words by following rules, like crosswords
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scrabble comes from an old verb scrabble that meant 'to scratch' or 'to grab'. A helpful way to remember the game name is to imagine players quickly looking for and grabbing letter tiles to make words, so the name fits the game's idea.