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Scrabble

Scrabble

48 3.7
A board game where players make words with letter tiles to score points
  • noun
  • /ˈskræbəl/
translation icon : 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.

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Examples

  • I love Scrabble.

  • An entrepreneur's Etsy shop features decorative Scrabble tiles for sale.

    Academic text (2017)
  • You can have my Scrabble bag of letters.

  • We were supposed to play Scrabble.

  • Have you seen these two play Scrabble?

  • I brought you six books, dear, and a game of Scrabble.

  • 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.

  • 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

board game
vsScrabble
45 1.7

A game where players move pieces on a board by following rules

focuses on using letter tiles on a marked grid to make words for points
word game
vsScrabble
11 3.0

A game where players make or find words by following rules, like crosswords

focuses on arranging letter tiles into a crossword-style grid for points

Compounds

Messy, untidy writing or drawing that uses quick mixed lines

Surface Forms

Scrabble singular
Scrabbles plural

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.