Scrabble

See also scrabble

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æbəl

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Scrabble

1. (trademark) 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.
   • 2000, Eric T. Olson and Tammy Perry Olson, Real-Life Math: Statistics, Walch Publishing, ISBN 0825138639, 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.

Derived terms

• Scrabbler

Usage notes

Scrabble is a registered trademark of Hasbro Inc.

Translations

board game with interlocking words

Dutch: scrabble (nl) n. Esperanto: Skrablo Finnish: Scrabble (fi), Riti-Rati sanapeli French: Scrabble (fr) m. German: Scrabble (de) Italian: Scarabeo m.

Polish: Scrabble (pl) Portuguese: Scrabble (pt) m. Slovene: Šopi m. Spanish: Scrabble (es) Swedish: Scrabble (sv)

See also

• Official list of 2-letter words allowed in English Scrabble

Anagrams

• clabbers

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈskrɑbble]
• Hyphenation: Scrabb‧le

Proper noun

Scrabble

1. Scrabble (board game)

Declension

If a plural is needed it's better to use the term Scrabble-peli ("game of Scrabble") instead of Scrabble.

Declension of Scrabble (type valo) singular plural nominative Scrabble – genitive Scrabblen – partitive Scrabblea – accusative Scrabble Scrabblen – inessive Scrabblessa – elative Scrabblesta – illative Scrabbleen – adessive Scrabblella – ablative Scrabblelta – allative Scrabblelle – essive Scrabblena – translative Scrabbleksi – instructive – – abessive Scrabbletta – comitative – –