Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Patchy Grass? Call It "Scrabbly"

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Scrabbly can describe vegetation that's patchy, rough, and thin, like those scruffy tufts of green hanging on for dear life in stony soil. It comes from a Dutch word meaning "scrape." But I bet my fellow word lovers are more interested in knowing whether scrabbly is somehow connected to a certain board game. The answer is yes, but that's a story for another day.

WORD OF THE DAY

June 25, 2025

scrabbly

[ skrab-lee ] adjective

insignificantly small or sparse

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