scrabbled; scrabbling
ˈskra-b(ə-)liŋ 
2
: to scratch, claw, or grope about clumsily or frantically
3
b
: to struggle by or as if by scraping or scratching
scrabble for survival
Examples of scrabble in a Sentence
Verb
She scrabbled around in her handbag for a pen.
He scrabbled at the slippery rock.
Noun
it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Her left hand is scrabbling over the surface of the thin soil, grasping at dead leaves, something to wipe herself.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Favorite Hobbies: Playing scrabble, writing, trivia.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2023
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Verb
He’s blessed with a tense, scrabbling physicality on screen, plus a baby-Brando glower beneath a head of striking blond curls, and Nemes directs him into a stance of braced, vulnerable defensiveness that serves the film’s purposes well — even if his character, too, wants for interior light.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Her left hand is scrabbling over the surface of the thin soil, grasping at dead leaves, something to wipe herself.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
The steering also lightens up as the 235-millimeter-wide rubber scrabbles to find grip, the wheels and tires smooth and floaty with just enough traction for rally racing fun.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Favorite Hobbies: Playing scrabble, writing, trivia.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2023
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“Scrabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrabble. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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