Definition of scrabble Scrabble

/skɹæˈbʌl/ - [skrabul] - Scrab•ble

We found 13 definitions of scrabble from 7 different sources.

What does scrabble mean?

WordNet

Noun
scrabble - 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
		word game any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words
		board game a game played on a specially designed board
scrabble - an aimless drawing
		scribble, doodle
		drawing act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well"

= synonym
= antonym
= related word

Wiktionary

scrabble (Verb)
To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
scrabble (Verb)
To move something about by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.
scrabble (Verb)
To scribble.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

scrabble (v. t.)
To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
scrabble (v. t.)
To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.
scrabble (v. t.)
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
scrabble (n.)
The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

scrabble
skrab′l, v.i. to scrape or make unmeaning marks, to scrawl: to scramble or crawl along with difficulty.—v.t. to gather hastily.—n. a scramble.—v.t. Scrab, to scratch, to scrape.—Scrabbed eggs, a dish of hard-boiled eggs chopped up and seasoned. [A form of scrapple, freq. of scrape.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

scrabble
A badly written log. This term is used by the translators of the Bible at David's feigned madness, when he "scrabbled on the doors of the gate."

Wikipedia

Scrabble is a game that is played by 2, 3 or 4 people. It uses a board with squares on it (15x15) and a large number of letters on small tiles. Each player, when it is his turn, has to put a word on the board, using any of the seven letters (seven tiles) that they have in front of them. Their word must join on to what is already on the board.

How to play.

The players decide who is going to start by taking one letter (one tile) from the bag. The person with the letter closest to the beginning of the alphabet may start.

Each player takes seven tiles from the bag (without looking at what they are). The player puts these tiles on a rack in front of him so that he can see them, but the others cannot see which letters he has. After each turn a player can take some new letters out of the bag so that he has seven letters again for his next turn.

The first player puts a word on the board using some, or all, of his seven letters as possible. He must include the square in the middle. It is then the next player's turn. His word must join on somewhere to what the other player has already put. Sometimes it is possible to make two or more words in one turn by touching other letters, but each word on the board reading horizonally (left to right) or vertically (top to bottom) must be a proper word (no abbreviations or names). It should read like a crossword.

Each tile (each letter) has a number of points. The common letters such as A, B, T, etc are worth one point. Unusual letters such as Q a