Definitions for raffle

raffle raf·fle

Spelling: [raf-uh l]
IPA: /ˈræf əl/

Raffle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in raffle (aefflr).

Definitions for raffle

noun

  1. a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
  2. rubbish.
  3. Nautical. a tangle, as of ropes, canvas, etc.

verb (used with object)

  1. to dispose of by a raffle (often followed by off):

verb (used without object)

  1. to take part in a raffle.

Origin of raffle

1350-1400; Middle English rafle dice game Middle French, derivative of rafler to snatch; cf. raff

Examples for raffle

And so he is going to part with his mare by raffle,” said the squire; “pray what does he want for her?

They are going to raffle Hartrath's picture,—for the benefit of the Gingerbread Fair.

We got five pounds thirteen and fivepence by the bazaar and the raffle.

The winners will be drawn on January 8, which makes the raffle tickets the perfect Christmas gift.

I dont at all like the idea of vaudeville, and I abhor a raffle!

I shan't know what to do with them; unless I raffle them off.

Had it been a raffle, it would have been the other way about.

Brief, a pawnbrokers duplicate; a raffle card, or a ticket of any kind.

The drawing of the numbers in the raffle was about to be made.

Generally applied to pawnbrokers duplicates and raffle cards.

Word Value for raffle
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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