scrabble

Meanings

1. To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
2. To gather hastily.
3. To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.
4. To scribble.
5. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.

1. A scramble.

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.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben (“to scrape”), equivalent to scrab + -le. More at scrape.