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  • proper noun 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.

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Examples

  • Scrabble: Scrabble is a word game that is played between two and four people who try to score points by forming words with individually lettered tiles on a 15 x 15 grid board.

    My 5 Best Popular Board Games of All Time | myFiveBest 2009

  • Napoli, who came close to a three-run homer in his previous at-bat, sent a drive up the alley against the pitcher with the nickname "Scrabble."

    SI.com 2011

  • Napoli, who came close to a three-run homer in his previous at-bat and hit a big homer in a Game 4 win, sent a drive up the alley against the pitcher with the nickname "Scrabble."

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Napoli, who came close to a three-run homer in his previous at-bat, sent a drive up the alley against the pitcher with the nickname "Scrabble."

    SI.com 2011

  • Also, for anyone here who might think Scrabble is a word game well-suited for linguists, you’re wrong.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Scrambling Scrabble 2010

  • Quividi, aside from providing a much-needed proper noun when you have too many I’s in Scrabble, is in the advertising business.

    The ads that watch you 2009

  • Quividi, aside from providing a much-needed proper noun when you have too many I’s in Scrabble, is in the advertising business.

    2009 January 2009

  • Half the fun in Scrabble is arguing about whether it’s really a word.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Scrambling Scrabble 2010

  • "Scrabble is the one that George now seems to be playing constantly," she said.

    George Bush's Favorite iPad App Revealed (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • "Scrabble is the one that George now seems to be playing constantly," she said.

    George Bush's Favorite iPad App Revealed (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

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  • its funny how scrabble is not a valid scrabble word...

    August 28, 2012

  • Scrabble must be a hundred points if it is a scrabble word. But in Scrabble there aren't any capital letters...

    December 27, 2013