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scraffle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scraf-fle
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To scramble or struggle; to wrangle.

British usage

verb

To be industrious.

British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

See scramble. Compare Middle Dutch schraeffelen (“to scrape; sweep; put together”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

scraffles (present, singular) scraffling (participle, present) scraffled (participle, past) scraffled (past)

Rhymes With

raffle baffle falafel snaffle maffle yaffle gaffle jaffle caffle

Questions

What does scraffle mean?
To scramble or struggle; to wrangle.
Where does scraffle come from?
See scramble. Compare Middle Dutch schraeffelen (“to scrape; sweep; put together”).

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