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scrape

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Is scrape a Scrabble word?

Yes, scrape is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of scrape?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.Examples: "She scraped the wooden plate with her fingernails."; "That car often scrapes the shallowest of humps because of its low ground clearance."Synonyms: scuff, grate, scratch, compare dragambitransitive

2. (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.Examples: "Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife."transitive

3. (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.Examples: "She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee."; "We went tip-toeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow's garden, stooping down so as the branches wouldn't scrape our heads."Synonyms: abrade, chafe, grazetransitive

4. (transitive) To barely manage to achieve or attain.Examples: "I scraped a pass in the exam."transitive

5. (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.Examples: "Just use whatever you can scrape together."transitive

6. (computing, transitive) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.Examples: "They didn't provide an API, so I simply scraped their website."; "The threat of the impending axe horrified Scott. He and his supporters hastily “scraped” as many Geocities^([sic]) pages as they could, creating a 641-gigabyte archive that initially circulated on file-sharing networks."transitive

noun (English)

1. (slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.Examples: "He got in a scrape with the school bully."Synonyms: altercation, brawl, fistfight, fight, fisticuffs, punch-up, scufflecountableslanguncountable

2. (British, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.Examples: "1972, in U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, Abuse of psychiatry for political repression in the Soviet Union. Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, second session, United States Government Printing Office, page 127, It’s quite possible, in view of the diagnosis ‘danger of miscarriage’, that they might drag me off, give me a scrape and then say that the miscarriage began itself."; "In expert hands abortion nowadays is almost the same as having a scrape (D & C) and due to improved techniques such as suction termination, and improved lighter anaesthetic, most women feel no worse than having a tooth out."; "The loss is significant to the woman and will be stated as such by her. For her it is not “nothing,” “just a scrape,” or “not a life.” It is the beginning of a baby. Years later, she may recall it not just as a miscarriage but also as a baby that was lost."Britishcountableslanguncountable

3. (military) A shallow pit dug as a hideout.Examples: "In between rounds, he dug a scrape for himself with his entrenching tool."countableuncountable

4. (UK, slang) A shave.Examples: "A'm goin to the barber's for a scrape."UKcountableslanguncountable

5. (uncountable, UK, slang, obsolete) Cheap butter.UKobsoleteslanguncountable

6. (uncountable, UK, slang, obsolete) Butter laid on bread in the thinnest possible manner, as though laid on and scraped off again.Examples: "“Got a nice bit of haddock for tonight. Thought I might do it with a poached egg, bit of pepper, bread and scrape”"UKobsoleteslanguncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "scrape"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "scrape"?

Scrabble
10 points
S1
C3
R1
A1
P3
E1
Words With Friends
12 points
S1
C4
R1
A1
P4
E1

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