Verb: scrabble skra-bul
- Feel searchingly
"He scrabbled in the dark for his keys";
- grope for
- Write down quickly without much attention to detail
"She scrabbled her phone number on a napkin";
- scribble
- An aimless drawing
"Her notebook was filled with scrabbles and doodles from the boring meeting";
- scribble, doodle
- 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
Derived forms: scrabbled, scrabbles, scrabbling
Type of: board game, drawing, feel, word game, write
Encyclopedia: Scrabble, WV