On 14 April 2012 07:01, Jonathan Blake <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 4:02 AM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Maybe others know better, but I'm not aware that it is correct with out > "at" > > in this context. > > Anyone else. Without a definitive reason to change it, I think we > should leave it alone. > I would never use "scrabble" (and I don't think I've ever heard it) without a preposition of some kind -- usually "scrabble at", although I've found an instance of "scrabble in the mud" that sounds perfectly all right to me. Unless this is some alternative sense that means "shoving Scrabble™ tiles down his throat"...? ;-) The dictionary (only one I checked, but hey) agrees; it says that "scrabble" is intransitive. Is that definitive enough? -- Tim Pederick