Definition of scrabble
(Entry 1 of 2)
2 : to scratch, claw, or grope about clumsily or frantically
b : to struggle by or as if by scraping or scratching scrabble for survival
scrabble
nounDefinition of scrabble (Entry 2 of 2)
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The first known use of scrabble was in 1537
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