raffle

Questions about raffle

What does raffle mean?

raffle means "a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in raffle?

raffle has 2 syllables: raf-fle. The stress falls on "raf". In IPA it is /ˈɹæfəl/.

What is another word for raffle?

Close synonyms include raffle off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is raffle a common word?

raffle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.