scrabble

  • 51Scrabble letter distributions — Many editions of the word board game Scrabble vary in the letter distribution of the tiles, because the frequency of each letter of the alphabet is different for every language. As a general rule, the rarer the letter the more points it is… …

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  • 52Scrabble anglophone — Le Scrabble anglophone est la version originale du jeu de Scrabble. De nombreuses personnes jouent en anglais, même si l anglais n est pas leur langue maternelle. Le jeu est très populaire dans de nombreux pays, dont les États Unis, le Royaume… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 53scrabble for — phr verb Scrabble for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑foothold …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 54scrabble — verb a) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws. Thus I lay for a long time, but afterwards stood up and cried aloud, and shrieked if anyone should haply hear me, calling to Mr. Glennie and Ratsey, and even Elzevir, by name, to save… …

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  • 55scrabble — Synonyms and related words: all fours, barbouillage, beat about, bore, burrow, clamber, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, delve, dig, dig out, dike, doodle, dredge, drill, drive, excavate, feel around, feel for, fumble, furrow, go on tiptoe,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 56Scrabble — Scrab|ble [ skræbl ] TRADEMARK a game in which two or more players try to form words using letters on a board …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 57scrabble — scrab·ble || skræbl n. scribble, scrawl; scratch, scrape; scramble, struggle v. scribble, scrawl; scratch, abrade. scrape; struggle, scramble; snatch, grope …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 58scrabble — I. v. a. Scribble, scrawl, scratch. II. v. n. Scribble, scrawl. III. n. Scramble, struggle …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 59Scrabble — noun (U) trademark a game in which players try to make words from the separate letters they have …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 60scrabble — verb (intransitive always + adv + prep) to try to find something by feeling with your fingers, especially quickly among a lot of other things (+ around/about etc): She was scrabbling through her pockets for a cigarette …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English