Meaning
- (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.”
- (noun) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons. “He got in a scrape with the school bully.”
- (noun) An awkward set of circumstances. “I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present.”
- (noun) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- (noun) A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
- (noun) A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
- (verb) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure. “Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard.”
- (verb) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner. “Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.”
- (verb) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface. “She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.”
- (verb) To barely manage to achieve. “I scraped a pass in the exam.”
- (verb) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen. “Just use whatever you can scrape together.”
- (verb) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
Letter breakdown
- Scrapes contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 11.
Letter rearrangements
Connected words
Other 7-letter words
- abalone
- abandon
- abashed
- abashes
- abasing
- abating
- abbrevs
- abdomen
- abducts
- abetted
- abetter
- abettor
- abiding
- ability
- abjured
- abjures
- abolish
- aborted
Words starting with SCR
- scrabble
- scrabbled
- scrabbles
- scrabbling
- scragglier
- scraggliest
- scraggly
- scram
- scramble
- scrambled
- scrambler
- scramblers
- scrambles
- scrambling
- scrammed
- scramming
- scrams
- scrap
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Words ending with PES
Words from these letters
- parsecs
- capers
- caress
- crapes
- parsec
- parses
- passer
- recaps
- scares
- scrape
- scraps
- spaces
- spares
- sparse
- spears
- acres
- apses
- caper
- capes
- cares
- carps
- cases
- crape
- craps
- crass
- cress
- paces
- pares
- parse
- pears
- press
- races
- rapes
- rasps
- reaps
- recap
- scare
- scars
- scrap
- sears
- space
- spare
- spars
- spear
- specs
- aces
- acre
- apes
- apse
- arcs
- ares
- asps
- cape
- caps
- care
- carp
- cars
- case
- crap
Reader questions
What does Scrapes mean?
A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
What are the anagrams of Scrapes?
Valid anagrams: parsecs.
How many letters are in Scrapes?
Scrapes has 7 letters.
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