Rakis is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 76 anagrams from letters in rakis (aikrs).
1665-75; Turkish Arabic ʿaraqī, equivalent to ʿaraq arrack + -ī suffix of appurtenance
Perhaps many are, but not town Turks, who consume quantities of raki, the strongest fire-water man ever invented.
raki and mastic, the favourite beverages of this part of Europe, are drinkable: that is all that can be said for them.
The Turk was a big, powerful fellow, and he was mad with raki; while Keen and I were both tough, and in pretty good form.
The sole effect of the raki was to make him exceedingly devotional.
raki is a colourless spirit, extracted from the skins of grapes after the wine-making.
The servants were clearing away the coffee and the raki, and bearing off the open and half-emptied cigar-boxes.
They then diluted the mass of fruit with raki, or peach brandy, and struggled home or to sleep as best they could.
“My sales have dropped by 90 percent,” said Nurettin, the owner of a store filled with wine, beer, raki and whisky.
These consisted of two little public-houses, one famous for its wine, the other for its raki.
Moreover, I had heard of this raki of theirs, which is so much fire-water, and I didn't take their temperance very seriously.