Dictionary Entry
lottery
lottery is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.
- 2noun
Allotment; thing allotted.
- 3noun
players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
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- 4noun
something that is regarded as a chance event
"the election was just a lottery to them"
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