scrabbler

See also: Scrabbler

English

Etymology

From scrabble +‎ -er.

Noun

scrabbler (plural scrabblers)

1. One who scrabbles.
   • 1995, Fred Pfeil, White Guys: Studies in Postmodern Domination and Difference, page 150:

     In Hammett's writings, the social is constructed as a vast Hobbesian landscape of grim functionaries and desperate scrabblers […]

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʁa.ble/

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Verb

scrabbler

1. (intransitive, Scrabble) to play a move that uses all seven tiles
2. (intransitive) to play Scrabble

Conjugation

Conjugation of scrabbler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	scrabbler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	scrabblant /skʁa.blɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		scrabblé /skʁa.ble/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	scrabble /skʁabl/	scrabbles /skʁabl/	scrabble /skʁabl/	scrabblons /skʁa.blɔ̃/	scrabblez /skʁa.ble/	scrabblent /skʁabl/
	imperfect	scrabblais /skʁa.blɛ/	scrabblais /skʁa.blɛ/	scrabblait /skʁa.blɛ/	scrabblions /skʁa.bli.jɔ̃/	scrabbliez /skʁa.bli.je/	scrabblaient /skʁa.blɛ/
	past historic2	scrabblai /skʁa.ble/	scrabblas /skʁa.bla/	scrabbla /skʁa.bla/	scrabblâmes /skʁa.blam/	scrabblâtes /skʁa.blat/	scrabblèrent /skʁa.blɛʁ/
	future	scrabblerai /skʁa.blə.ʁe/	scrabbleras /skʁa.blə.ʁa/	scrabblera /skʁa.blə.ʁa/	scrabblerons /skʁa.blə.ʁɔ̃/	scrabblerez /skʁa.blə.ʁe/	scrabbleront /skʁa.blə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	scrabblerais /skʁa.blə.ʁɛ/	scrabblerais /skʁa.blə.ʁɛ/	scrabblerait /skʁa.blə.ʁɛ/	scrabblerions /skʁa.blə.ʁjɔ̃/	scrabbleriez /skʁa.blə.ʁje/	scrabbleraient /skʁa.blə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	scrabble /skʁabl/	scrabbles /skʁabl/	scrabble /skʁabl/	scrabblions /skʁa.bli.jɔ̃/	scrabbliez /skʁa.bli.je/	scrabblent /skʁabl/
	imperfect2	scrabblasse /skʁa.blas/	scrabblasses /skʁa.blas/	scrabblât /skʁa.bla/	scrabblassions /skʁa.bla.sjɔ̃/	scrabblassiez /skʁa.bla.sje/	scrabblassent /skʁa.blas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	scrabble /skʁabl/	—	scrabblons /skʁa.blɔ̃/	scrabblez /skʁa.ble/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).