Joking names for handwriting that’s hard to read: “I can’t make anything out of his ________.”
| SCRIBBLING | 460 |
| HEN SCRATCHING | 192 |
| CHICKEN SCRATCHES | 104 |
| SCRAWL | 76 |
| SCRIBBLE | 64 |
| CHICKEN-SCRATCHING | 48 |
| SCRATCHING | 46 |
| HEN TRACKS | 41 |
| CHICKEN TRACKS | 38 |
| CHICKEN SCRATCH | 25 |
| SCRIBBLES | 23 |
| HEN SCRATCHES | 21 |
| HEN SCRATCH | 20 |
| HIEROGLYPHICS | 14 |
| NR | 14 |
| SCRATCH | 7 |
| WRITING | 7 |
| SCRATCHES | 6 |
| SCRAWLING | 4 |
| CAT TRACKS | 3 |
| CROW TRACKS | 3 |
| HEN’S TRACKS | 3 |
| BAD WRITING | 2 |
| CAT SCRATCHES | 2 |
| CROW’S FOOT | 2 |
| DOG TRACKS | 2 |
| DUCK TRACKS | 2 |
| FIST | 2 |
| HEN SCRATCHINGS | 2 |
| HEN SCRIBBLING | 2 |
| JOHN HANCOCK | 2 |
| MESS | 2 |
| SCRAWLS | 2 |
| SCRIPT | 2 |
| BACKHAND | 1 |
| BAD READING | 1 |
| BIRD-SCRATCHING | 1 |
| BUMPS AND HOLLOWS | 1 |
| CHICKEN MARKS | 1 |
| CHICKEN PECKING | 1 |
| CHICKEN-SCRATCH WRITING | 1 |
| CHINESE CHARACTERS | 1 |
| CHINESE FIGURES | 1 |
| CIPHERS | 1 |
| COWLICKS | 1 |
| CRABBED WRITING | 1 |
| CROW’S FEET | 1 |
| CROW’S MARKS | 1 |
| CROW-SCRATCHING | 1 |
| CURLICUES | 1 |
| DIDDLING | 1 |
| DOCTOR’S HIEROGLYPHICS | 1 |
| FIGURES | 1 |
| FLYSPECKS | 1 |
| GARBLED WRITING | 1 |
| GOOSE TRACKS | 1 |
| HANDWRITE | 1 |
| HANDWRITING | 1 |
| HE JUST SCRIBBLES HIS WORDS | 1 |
| HE MUST HAVE WRITTEN IT IN THE DARK | 1 |
| HE WRITES LIKE A DOCTOR | 1 |
| HE WRITES LIKE A LAWYER | 1 |
| HENPECK | 1 |
| HENPECKS | 1 |
| HEN-SCRATCH WRITING | 1 |
| HINDU SCRIPT | 1 |
| HODGE-PODGE | 1 |
| ILLEGIBLE SCRIBBLE | 1 |
| INK SLINGER | 1 |
| JIGSAW PUZZLES | 1 |
| JOHN HENRY | 1 |
| LOOKED LIKE WHERE A HEN SCRATCHED IN THE SAND | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE IT WAS SHOT OUT OF A SHOTGUN | 1 |
| MARKS | 1 |
| PEN-PUSHING | 1 |
| PEN-SCRATCHING | 1 |
| PIG LETTER | 1 |
| PIG SCRATCHES | 1 |
| PIG TRACKS | 1 |
| PIG’S TRACKS | 1 |
| POT HOOKS | 1 |
| RABBIT TRACKS | 1 |
| RUNNING HAND | 1 |
| SCRABBLE | 1 |
| SCRABBLING | 1 |
| SCRAMBLE | 1 |
| SCRATCHY WRITING | 1 |
| SCRIBBLE-SCRATCH | 1 |
| SCRIBBLINGS | 1 |
| SCRIBBLY MESS | 1 |
| SCRIBBLY WRITING | 1 |
| SHORTHAND | 1 |
| SLOP | 1 |
| SLOPPY HANDWRITING | 1 |
| SQUIGGLES | 1 |
| SWIRLS AND SQUIBBLES | 1 |
| TURKEY TRACKS | 1 |
| TURKEY-SCRATCHING | 1 |
| WAVES | 1 |
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