# Scrabble
## English
### Etymology

A brand name, from the verb scrabble, James Brunot's rebranding (1948) of Alfred Butts's game Criss-Crosswords (1938).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈskɹæ.bəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æbəl
* Hyphenation: Scrab‧ble

### Proper noun

Scrabble
* 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.
** 1985, Margaret Atwood, “Birth Day”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, pages 148–149:So that's what's in the forbidden room! Scrabble! I want to laugh, shriek with laughter, fall off my chair. This was once the game of old women, old men, in the summers or in retirement villas, to be played when there was nothing good on television. Or of adolescents, once, long long ago. […] Now of course it's something different. Now it's forbidden, for us.
** 2000, Eric T. Olson, Tammy Perry Olson, Real-Life Math: Statistics, Walch Publishing,, →ISBN, 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.
** 2012 August 18, Bill Kurtis, “Listener Limerick Challenge”, Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio:
    At the tournament level I dabble / But my tiles show a meaningless babble / I filled up my ranks / With a few extra blanks / And got busted for cheating at Scrabble

#### Derived terms

* Scrabbler
* Scrabblist
* Scrabbly

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* cabblers, clabbers, crabbles

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Scrabble.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈskrɑb(ː)le/, [ˈs̠krɑ̝b.(b)le̞]
* IPA: /ˈskræbl/, [ˈs̠kræbl]
* Rhymes: -ɑb(ː)le

### Proper noun

Scrabble
* Scrabble (board game with interlocking words)

#### Declension

* If a plural form is needed, it is better to use the term Scrabble-peli ("game of Scrabble") than Scrabble.
Possessive forms of Scrabble (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Scrabbleni
accusative
nom.
Scrabbleni
gen.
Scrabbleni
genitive
Scrabbleni
partitive
Scrabbleani
inessive
Scrabblessani
elative
Scrabblestani
illative
Scrabbleeni
adessive
Scrabblellani
ablative
Scrabbleltani
allative
Scrabblelleni
essive
Scrabblenani
translative
Scrabblekseni
abessive
Scrabblettani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Scrabblesi
accusative
nom.
Scrabblesi
gen.
Scrabblesi
genitive
Scrabblesi
partitive
Scrabbleasi
inessive
Scrabblessasi
elative
Scrabblestasi
illative
Scrabbleesi
adessive
Scrabblellasi
ablative
Scrabbleltasi
allative
Scrabblellesi
essive
Scrabblenasi
translative
Scrabbleksesi
abessive
Scrabblettasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Scrabblemme
accusative
nom.
Scrabblemme
gen.
Scrabblemme
genitive
Scrabblemme
partitive
Scrabbleamme
inessive
Scrabblessamme
elative
Scrabblestamme
illative
Scrabbleemme
adessive
Scrabblellamme
ablative
Scrabbleltamme
allative
Scrabblellemme
essive
Scrabblenamme
translative
Scrabbleksemme
abessive
Scrabblettamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Scrabblenne
accusative
nom.
Scrabblenne
gen.
Scrabblenne
genitive
Scrabblenne
partitive
Scrabbleanne
inessive
Scrabblessanne
elative
Scrabblestanne
illative
Scrabbleenne
adessive
Scrabblellanne
ablative
Scrabbleltanne
allative
Scrabblellenne
essive
Scrabblenanne
translative
Scrabbleksenne
abessive
Scrabblettanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Scrabblensa
accusative
nom.
Scrabblensa
gen.
Scrabblensa
genitive
Scrabblensa
partitive
Scrabbleaan Scrabbleansa
inessive
Scrabblessaan Scrabblessansa
elative
Scrabblestaan Scrabblestansa
illative
Scrabbleensa
adessive
Scrabblellaan Scrabblellansa
ablative
Scrabbleltaan Scrabbleltansa
allative
Scrabblelleen Scrabblellensa
essive
Scrabblenaan Scrabblenansa
translative
Scrabblekseen Scrabbleksensa
abessive
Scrabblettaan Scrabblettansa
instructive
comitative

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Scrabble.

### Proper noun

Scrabble m
* Scrabble (board game with interlocking words)