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scrabbler

scrabbler noun: one who scrabbles.

Noun (1)

scrabbler (plural scrabblers)

  1. One who scrabbles.
    • In Hammett's writings, the social is constructed as a vast Hobbesian landscape of grim functionaries and desperate scrabblers[…]1995, Fred Pfeil, White Guys: Studies in Postmodern Domination and Difference, page 150

Noun (2) capitalized: Scrabbler

Scrabbler (plural Scrabblers)

  1. A player of the word game Scrabble.
    • More specifically, Scrabblers are diehard, competitive, and occasionally cutthroat players who treat the game like it's chess or baseball...2010, Kate Stevens, Freak Nation, page 159
    Synonyms:
    Scrabblist

Synonyms of scrabbler

Forms of scrabbler

pluralscrabblers
pluralScrabblers

Origin of scrabbler

From scrabble + -er.

From Scrabble + -er.

Questions about scrabbler

What does scrabbler mean?
Scrabbler means one who scrabbles.
What part of speech is scrabbler?
Scrabbler is a noun.
What is the plural of scrabbler?
The plural of scrabbler is scrabblers.

Words near scrabbler in the dictionary

  1. scrabbed
  2. scrabbed eggs
  3. scrabbing
  4. scrabble
  5. scrabbled
  6. scrabbler
  7. scrabblers
  8. scrabbles
  9. scrabbling
  10. scrabblings
  11. Scrabblist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrabbler (page history and authors); Scrabbler (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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