Scrabble vs. Scramble — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Scrabble and Scramble
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Scrabble
Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or downward in columns, and be included in a standard dictionary or lexicon.
Scramble
Make one's way quickly or awkwardly up a steep gradient or over rough ground by using one's hands as well as one's feet
We scrambled over the damp boulders
Scrabble
To scrape or grope about frenetically with the hands or paws
"They often scrabbled through kitchen drawers looking for coins to buy bread" (Steve Friedman).
Scramble
Order (a fighter aircraft or its pilot) to take off immediately in an emergency or for action
The Hurricanes were scrambled again, this time meeting Italian fighters
Scrabble
To move or climb with scrambling, disorderly haste
Scrabbled down the rocks to the water.
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Scramble
Make (something) jumbled or muddled
Maybe the alcohol has scrambled his brains
Scrabble
To struggle or work hard in a disorderly or desperate fashion
"For quite some time I scrabbled around, playing the piano at jazz bars, doing whatever ... journalism I could get" (Frank Conroy).
Scramble
(of a quarterback) run with the ball behind the line of scrimmage, avoiding tackles
McNabb scrambled in the third quarter and threw a touchdown pass to Maddox
Scrabble
To write hastily or make disordered markings; scribble.
Scramble
A difficult or hurried clamber up or over something
An undignified scramble over the wall
Scrabble
To make or obtain by frenetic or desperate action
Scrabble a living from soil depleted of nutrients.
Scramble
An emergency take-off by fighter aircraft
The scramble might be a training exercise or it might not
Scrabble
To scrape or scratch (a surface)
"Tubal got him a pointed rod / And scrabbled the earth for corn" (Rudyard Kipling).
Scramble
A disordered mixture of things
The girl's mouth was a scramble of orthodontist's hardware
Scrabble
To move or arrange hastily with the hands
"The next flat tombstone was covered with leaves. I scrabbled the dust away" (Ray Bradbury).
Scramble
To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees.
Scrabble
To scribble or write down hastily
Scrabbled the answer on a sheet of paper.
Scramble
To climb, as on a mountainside, by using both hands and feet for support but typically without using a rope or other specialized gear.
Scrabble
The act or an instance of scrabbling.
Scramble
To struggle or contend frantically in order to get something
Scrambled for the best seats.
Scrabble
A scribble; a doodle.
Scramble
To take off with all possible haste, as to intercept enemy aircraft.
Scrabble
(intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
Scramble
To run around with the ball behind the line of scrimmage in order to avoid being tackled while searching for an open receiver.
Scrabble
(transitive) To gather hastily.
Scramble
To run forward with the ball when unable to complete an intended pass play. Used of a quarterback.
Scrabble
(intransitive) To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.
She was on her hands and knees scrabbling in the mud, looking for her missing wedding ring.
Scramble
(Linguistics) To move to another position in a syntactic structure, as for emphasis. Used of phrases or other syntactic constituents.
Scrabble
(intransitive) To scribble.
Scramble
To mix or throw together haphazardly.
Scrabble
(transitive) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.
To scrabble paper
Scramble
To gather together in a hurried or disorderly fashion.
Scrabble
A scramble.
A scrabble for dear life
Scramble
To cook (beaten eggs) until firm but with a soft consistency.
Scrabble
To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way.
Scramble
(Electronics) To distort or garble (a signal) so as to render it unintelligible without a special receiver.
Scrabble
To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.
David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate.
Scramble
To cause (aircraft) to take off as fast as possible, as to intercept enemy aircraft.
Scrabble
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
Scramble
The act or an instance of scrambling.
Scrabble
The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
Scramble
An arduous hike or climb over rough terrain, especially one that requires the use of the hands for support but does not require specialized mountaineering gear.
Scrabble
An aimless drawing
Scramble
A struggle for something
A scramble for new territory.
Scrabble
A board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
Scramble
(Sports) See motocross.
Scrabble
Feel searchingly;
She groped for his keys in the dark
Scramble
A swift takeoff of military aircraft in response to an alert or attack.
Scrabble
Write down quickly without much attention to detail
Scramble
(intransitive) To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
Scramble
(intransitive) To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
Scramble
To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese.
Scramble
(transitive) To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
Scramble
To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
Scramble
To be quickly deployed in this manner.
Scramble
To partake in motocross.
Scramble
(intransitive) To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.
Scramble
(transitive) To gather or collect by scrambling.
Scramble
(transitive) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
Scramble
(transitive) To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner.
Scramble
A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.
A last-minute scramble to the finish line
Scramble
(military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
Scramble
A motocross race.
Scramble
Any frantic period of competitive activity.
Scramble
(gridiron football) An impromptu maneuver or run by a quarterback, attempting to gain yardage or avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.
Scramble
(golf) A statistic used in assessing a player's short game, consisting of a chip or putt from under 50 yards away that results in requiring one putt or less on the green.
Scramble
(golf) A variant of golf in which each player in a team tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their second shot from within a club length of where the best ball has come to rest, and the procedure is repeated until the hole is finished.
Scramble
(UK) Shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item, causing them to rush for it.
Scramble
To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.
Scramble
To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
Of other care they little reckoning make,Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.
Scramble
To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth.
Scramble
To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking.
Scramble
The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering.
Scramble
The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.
Scarcity [of money] enhances its price, and increases the scramble.
Scramble
An unceremonious and disorganized struggle
Scramble
Rushing about hastily in an undignified way
Scramble
To move hurriedly;
The friend scrambled after them
Scramble
Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Scramble
Bring into random order
Scramble
Stir vigorously;
Beat the egg whites
Beat the cream
Scramble
Make unintelligible;
Scramble the message so that nobody can understand it
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