A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.

simple past tense and past participle of scrabble

plural of scrabble

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scrabble

A scramble.

(intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws. / (transitive) To gather hastily.

plural of scrabbling

present participle of scrabble

A sound or motion that scrabbles.

Characterised by scrabbling, or digging around. / Covered in loose rocks or crumbling soil. / Difficult to negotiate; requiring scrambling. / Scribbly. / Thrown together; disorganized or slapdash.