scrab

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/skɹæb/

Definition of scrab

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To scrape or scratch.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To scrape or scratch.

noun

  1. A crabapple.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle French and Old French schrabben (“to scrape, scratch”), from Frankish *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”); compare Old High German skaban, Irish scríobann and sgrìoban.

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