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   frazzle

   /ˈfrazl/

   verb

   • 1. cause to show the effects of exhaustion or strain: "Richard was frequently frazzled by the conflicting demands of work and home"
   • 2. damage or cause to shrivel by burning or exposure to heat: British "families whose homes overlook a field that was frazzled by the fire feared that the flames would reach their houses"

   noun

   • 1. the state of being completely exhausted: "I'm tired, worn to a frazzle"
   • 2. the state of being completely burned: British "the grass was regrowing within days of being burned to a frazzle"

   Word Origin early 19th century: perhaps a blend of fray1 and obsolete fazle ‘ravel out’, of Germanic origin. The word was originally East Anglian dialect, with the meaning ‘tear or unravel’; it came into standard British English via the US.

   Scrabble Points: 28

   • F

     4

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • Z

     10

   • Z

     10

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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