SCRUM
What does "SCRUM" mean?
In rugby, a formation where forwards pack tightly together and push to win the ball.
Meanings
- A rugby restart in which forwards of both sides bind and push for the ball fed into the tunnel. The referee ordered a scrum five metres from the try line.
- A disorderly, jostling crowd. There was a scrum of reporters outside the courthouse. informal
- An agile software framework, or its short daily stand-up meeting. We flagged the blocker at the morning scrum. technical
Did you know?
- The software 'Scrum' borrowed its name straight from rugby: a 1986 Harvard Business Review article likened fast product teams to a rugby scrum, and Schwaber and Sutherland formalized the framework in 1995.
Word origin
A shortening of 'scrummage', itself a variant of 'scrimmage', which derives from 'skirmish' (from Old French 'escarmouche').
Remember it
A SCRUM is a SCRIMmage minus the fight - same huddle, ball in the middle.
Wordplay
- Why do rugby players make good developers? They already know a scrum is mostly people pushing in different directions until the ball comes out.
What it teaches
Force without binding is just chaos; it is the locking together that turns a shove into a push.
Quick facts
What does SCRUM mean?
In rugby, a formation where forwards pack tightly together and push to win the ball.
Is SCRUM a valid word?
Yes — SCRUM is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SCRUM?
SCRUM has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SCRUM come from?
A shortening of 'scrummage', itself a variant of 'scrimmage', which derives from 'skirmish' (from Old French 'escarmouche').
What can SCRUM teach us?
Force without binding is just chaos; it is the locking together that turns a shove into a push.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.