See scrabble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"A scramble."
],
"links": [
[
"scramble",
"scramble"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈskɹæbəl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æbəl"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-scrabble.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/En-us-scrabble.ogg/En-us-scrabble.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/En-us-scrabble.ogg"
}
],
"word": "scrabble"
}
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