scrabble

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
2. verb To gather hastily.
3. verb To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.

   She was on her hands and knees scrabbling in the mud, looking for her missing wedding ring.

4. verb To scribble.
5. verb To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.

   to scrabble paper

6. noun A scramble.

   a scrabble for dear life

Similar words

scribble grope for claw scrab scramb scratch crabble bescrawl scramble scrape

Often followed by

and for with game of board in or tiles

Word family

scrabbled scrabbler scrabblers scrabbles scrabbling