scrabbles; scrabbled; scrabbling
always followed by an adverb or preposition
: to move the hands or feet in an awkward and hurried way in order to find or do something
She scrabbled around in her handbag for a pen.
He scrabbled at the slippery rock.
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“Scrabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/scrabble. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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