as in struggle
a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective
it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty
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as in to climb
to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling
we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea
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as in to fumble
to search for something blindly or uncertainly
he frantically scrabbled through the storage chest looking for the needed documents
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Recent Examples of scrabble
Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2019
Anthony was happiest being with family & friends, and enjoyed playing scrabble & cards.
—courant.com, 10 July 2019
Jane Siegel, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2025
When these three men were dominating the circuit, the rest of the field were reduced to scrabbling over the crumbs.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 May 2025
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Noun
Across the street from her, a kinetic scrabble of orange and blue runs the height of a five-story brick building like an electric charge.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2019
Anthony was happiest being with family & friends, and enjoyed playing scrabble & cards.
—courant.com, 10 July 2019
Verb
People were scrabbling over these enormous piles far off in the distance.
—Jane Siegel, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2025
When these three men were dominating the circuit, the rest of the field were reduced to scrabbling over the crumbs.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrabble
Noun
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The combination of strange comments, a clear lack of education and experience, and a disturbing personal history with mental health struggles and domestic problems doomed his campaign.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Appreciation means valuing the struggle of learning, not despite its difficulty but because of it.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Fans headed to Arrowhead Stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs’ home opener against the Philadelphia Eagles will need to dress for the heat, as temperatures will climb to around 92 degrees during the game.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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By the end of the decade, vaccination rates climbed to nearly 90%, and the CDC estimates that the program has prevented more than a million deaths in children born since then.—
Jeffrey Kopp,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Lucille Ball once lost her glasses on stage at the Emmys and had to fumble her way through.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Seconds thereafter, the Clippers fumbled the ball away once again, setting up Gloucester with another short field.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Republicans were unfazed by Democrats threatening to withhold their votes, accusing them of hypocrisy for condemning GOP efforts to win policy concessions in past funding battles.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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The iconic items fit well in this book given how many Avengers don’t feel complete without a gadget or mystical item to carry into battle.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Evidence markers on a small hill behind the building appeared to mark the trail the shooter took, scrambling through some trees towards a nearby construction site.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Battery life gets you through most of the day without scrambling for a charger.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The jeans also have a cropped length that hits right at the ankle and patch pockets that not only look cute, but are also functional.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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The order, which, again, acts like one blanket prescription, allows pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to look at FDA approval for vaccines and not ACIP recommendations.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yet two of the first three weekends on CU’s fight card have resembled the Kansas and Kansas State losses of 2024.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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Naoya Inoue, who is one of the top pound-for-pound fighters and 30-0, is defending his super bantamweight title on Sunday in Japan, just hours after Álvarez and Crawford fight.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Joe, glowering, stalks off through the crowd, clambers into his vehicle, and drives off.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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As Matthew, a retail drone who manages to clamber his way into the inner circle of a rising pop star named Oliver (Archie Madekwe), Pellerin leans forcefully into the latter.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Scrabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrabble. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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