lottery
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
Noun 2 meanings
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
“Dave plays the lottery almost every week, but always picks different numbers.”
Something decided by chance.
“It's a bit of a lottery whether we'll get a good table in that diner.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie). By surface analysis, lot + -ery.
LOTTERY at a glance
LOTTERY has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (L 1 + O 1 + T 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,042 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with lottery
All rhymesOne letter away
- POTTERY12
- TOTTERY10
- LITTERY10
- LOTTERS7
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