Scrape
/skɹeɪp/
noun
- A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
"He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee."
- A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
"He got in a scrape with the school bully."
- An awkward set of circumstances.
"I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present."
- A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
verb
- To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
"Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard."
- To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
"Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife."
- To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
"She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee."
- To barely manage to achieve.
"I scraped a pass in the exam."
- To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
"Just use whatever you can scrape together."
8 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "scrape":
Total: 10 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Scrape"
Scrape is a 6-letter word that scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "scrape" can be rearranged to form 8 other valid words.
Using "Scrape" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "scrape" is a medium-scoring word.