Clues for the word "SCRIBE"
We've had 66 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 116 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on July 07, 2026.
Definition of scribe
- n. - One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
- n. - A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
- v. t. - To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- v. t. - To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
- v. t. - To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
- v. i. - To make a mark.
Referring Clues
- Penman
- Torah copyist
- Writer for hire
- Copier
- Public clerk
- Copier of a manuscript
- Many a monk, once
- Worker who sets things down
- Man of letters?
- Book copier of old
- Copyist
- Journalist
- Writer, slangily
- Writer
- Manuscript copyist
- One with a pen
- Copier of old
- Writing job
- Copyist for hire
- Many a medieval monk
- Old manuscript copier
- Old manuscript copier
- Manuscript copier
- Early copier
- Palette user of old
- Medieval monk with manuscripts, maybe
- Professional writer
- Writer of old
- Occupation made obsolete by print
- One who gets it in writing
- Writer of the Middle Ages
- Book copier of yore
- Old record keeper
- Writer on scrolls
- Parchment user
- Journalist, informally
- Obsolescent occupation
- Hack - pen-pusher
- Score as a writer
- Writer (before printing was developed)
- Writer needing copy in more ways than one
- Document copier
- Copier of (handwritten) documents
- 7 down teacher of the Jewish Law
- Medieval clerk
- Recorder nearly set about cheat
- Writer in jail steals crib easily
- Writer from Kent about to plagiarize
- Headings involve copywriter
- Writer's sending copy in to the Sunday Express initially
- Old writer's son gets copy before first edition
- Writer from home counties admitting plagiarism
- Writer's attribute article ignored
- Writer's copy found in Home Counties
- Word copyist
- Writer producing copy in south-east
- Professional copyist
- Job in a monastery
- Writer using a crib, in a way
- Medieval manuscript worker
- Artisan at Kells
- Old manuscript artisan
- Copywriter?
- Copy writer
- Melville's Bartleby, for one
- Note-taker
Last Seen In
- Daily American - July 07, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - June 14, 2026
- New York Times - April 28, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 14, 2025
- USA Today - March 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 18, 2024
- Daily American - July 06, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 13, 2024
- New York Times - November 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - October 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 10, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 07, 2023
- New York Times - June 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - April 21, 2023
- LA Times - April 08, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - April 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - March 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 10, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 27, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - October 14, 2022
- LA Times - July 20, 2022
- LA Times - July 16, 2022
- Daily American - July 06, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 02, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - June 13, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - September 21, 2017
- And in 86 more crossword puzzles...