Thesaurus: scrabble

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1. 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.
2. v. t. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.
3. v. t. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
4. n. The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
5. n. 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
6. n. an aimless drawing
7. v. feel searchingly
8. v. write down quickly without much attention to detail
9. 1. 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. Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way. Bunyan. 2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1. Sam. xxi. 13. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper. The act of scrabbing; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
10. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, toscrabble paper.
11. v:100 n. 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