See also: scrabble and scrabblé

English edit

Etymology edit

A brand name, from the verb scrabble, James Brunot's 1948 rebranding of Alfred Butts's 1938 game Criss-Crosswords.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɹæ.bəl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æbəl
  • Hyphenation: Scrab‧ble

Proper noun edit

 
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Scrabble

  1. 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.
    • 1985, Margaret Atwood, “Birth Day”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, pages 148–149:
      So that's what's in the forbidden room! Scrabble! I want to laugh, shriek with laughter, fall off my chair. This was once the game of old women, old men, in the summers or in retirement villas, to be played when there was nothing good on television. Or of adolescents, once, long long ago. [] Now of course it's something different. Now it's forbidden, for us.
    • 2000, Eric T. Olson, Tammy Perry Olson, Real-Life Math: Statistics, Walch Publishing,, →ISBN, page 56:
      Start by asking students if they ever watch Wheel of Fortune, or play games like Hangman or Scrabble.® Ask whether they have ever noticed any patterns in the frequency with which letters appear.
    • 2012 August 18, Bill Kurtis, “Listener Limerick Challenge”, Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio:
      At the tournament level I dabble / But my tiles show a meaningless babble / I filled up my ranks / With a few extra blanks / And got busted for cheating at Scrabble

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

Anagrams edit

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From English Scrabble.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈskrɑbːle/, [ˈs̠krɑ̝bːle̞]

Proper noun edit

Scrabble

  1. Scrabble (board game)

Declension edit

If a plural form is needed, it is better to use the term Scrabble-peli ("game of Scrabble") than Scrabble.

Inflection of Scrabble (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Scrabble
genitive Scrabblen
partitive Scrabblea
illative Scrabbleen
singular plural
nominative Scrabble
accusative nom. Scrabble
gen. Scrabblen
genitive Scrabblen
partitive Scrabblea
inessive Scrabblessa
elative Scrabblesta
illative Scrabbleen
adessive Scrabblella
ablative Scrabblelta
allative Scrabblelle
essive Scrabblena
translative Scrabbleksi
abessive Scrabbletta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Scrabble (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Scrabbleni
accusative nom. Scrabbleni
gen. Scrabbleni
genitive Scrabbleni
partitive Scrabbleani
inessive Scrabblessani
elative Scrabblestani
illative Scrabbleeni
adessive Scrabblellani
ablative Scrabbleltani
allative Scrabblelleni
essive Scrabblenani
translative Scrabblekseni
abessive Scrabblettani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Scrabblesi
accusative nom. Scrabblesi
gen. Scrabblesi
genitive Scrabblesi
partitive Scrabbleasi
inessive Scrabblessasi
elative Scrabblestasi
illative Scrabbleesi
adessive Scrabblellasi
ablative Scrabbleltasi
allative Scrabblellesi
essive Scrabblenasi
translative Scrabbleksesi
abessive Scrabblettasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Scrabblemme
accusative nom. Scrabblemme
gen. Scrabblemme
genitive Scrabblemme
partitive Scrabbleamme
inessive Scrabblessamme
elative Scrabblestamme
illative Scrabbleemme
adessive Scrabblellamme
ablative Scrabbleltamme
allative Scrabblellemme
essive Scrabblenamme
translative Scrabbleksemme
abessive Scrabblettamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Scrabblenne
accusative nom. Scrabblenne
gen. Scrabblenne
genitive Scrabblenne
partitive Scrabbleanne
inessive Scrabblessanne
elative Scrabblestanne
illative Scrabbleenne
adessive Scrabblellanne
ablative Scrabbleltanne
allative Scrabblellenne
essive Scrabblenanne
translative Scrabbleksenne
abessive Scrabblettanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Scrabblensa
accusative nom. Scrabblensa
gen. Scrabblensa
genitive Scrabblensa
partitive Scrabbleaan
Scrabbleansa
inessive Scrabblessaan
Scrabblessansa
elative Scrabblestaan
Scrabblestansa
illative Scrabbleensa
adessive Scrabblellaan
Scrabblellansa
ablative Scrabbleltaan
Scrabbleltansa
allative Scrabblelleen
Scrabblellensa
essive Scrabblenaan
Scrabblenansa
translative Scrabblekseen
Scrabbleksensa
abessive Scrabblettaan
Scrabblettansa
instructive
comitative

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English Scrabble.

Proper noun edit

Scrabble m

  1. Scrabble (board game with interlocking words)