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The word "Scrabble" means "to scratch, claw, or grope about frantically." In the board game, players usually move the tiles frantically across their rack in an attempt to make a play on the board. This rapid movement of tiles makes a scratch/scrape-like sound and is aptly described at "scrabbling." Hence the game was named "SCRABBLE."

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