a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
These pathetic upside-down claws will lunge and scrabble for a while longer yet.
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They also proved to be resourceful, living off the land in hard scrabble country.
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Many hailed from blue collar backgrounds, like Perry, with hard scrabble roots.
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Scrabble Trickster will include several deviations from the traditional rules.
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Machetes are not something you expect to find on hard-scrabble southern farms.
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I could take your post and take each letter and mix them up in a scrabble bag.
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So far, so distinct from the hard-scrabble existence of a prairie homesteader.
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But scrabble under the snow, and you'd find some of those famous green shoots.
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Custom scrabble tiles are popular as dinner party place names or for children.
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Grope for: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"
Scribble: an aimless drawing
A board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
Scribble: write down quickly without much attention to detail
(scrabbly) sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush; "open scrubby woods"
Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works (e.g. ...
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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