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Showing words for RAFFLES using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Raffles

farfels, raffles

6 Letter Words for Raffles

falser, farfel, farles, flares, flaser, raffle

5 Letter Words for Raffles

alefs, arles, arsle, earls, false, fares, farle, farls, farse, feals, fears, feral, flare, flear, fleas, frase, laffs, lares, laser, leafs, lears, raffe, raffs, rales, reals, safer, selar, seral, slare

4 Letter Words for Raffles

afer, alef, ales, ares, arfs, arle, earl, ears, effs, elfs, eral, eras, fare, farl, fars, feal, fear, fels, fers, flea, frae, fras, laer, laff, lare, lars, lase, leaf, lear, leas, raff, rale, rals, real, refl, refs, safe, sale, sare, seal, sear, self, serf

3 Letter Words for Raffles

aer, aes, aff, ale, alf, als, are, arf, ars, ase, asl, ear, eas, eff, efl, efs, ela, elf, els, era, erf, ers, esr, far, fas, fer, fes, ffa, fra, frs, lar, las, lea, ler, les, raf, ras, rea, ref, rel, res, rfs, rle, sal, sar, sea, sel, ser, sla, sle

Definitions for Raffles

[1] a gentlemanly burglar, amateur housebreaker, or the like.
[2] Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
[3] a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
[4] to dispose of by a raffle (often followed by off ): to raffle off a watch.
[5] to take part in a raffle.
[6] rubbish.
[7] Nautical . a tangle, as of ropes, canvas, etc.
[8] Sir Thomas Stamford . 1781–1826, British colonial administrator: founded Singapore (1819) as a station for the British East India Company
[9] a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money (as modifier ) a raffle ticket
[10] (tr often foll by off ) to dispose of (goods) in a raffle

Words related to Raffles

sweepstake, draw, flier, pool, stake, sweep, lots, disposition, gambling, speculation, wager, drawing, bet, tossup, gaming, numbers

Words nearby Raffles

raffia palm, raffinate, raffinose, raffish, raffle, raffles, rafflesia, rafinesque, rafraîchissoir, rafsanjani, raft

Origin of Raffles

2First recorded in 1790–1800; raff + -le

Other words from Raffles

raf·fler , noun
un·raf·fled , adjective

Word origin for Raffles

C14 (a dice game): from Old French, of obscure origin

Synonyms for Raffles

betting, game of chance, sweepstake, bet, disposition, draw, drawing, flier, gambling, gaming, lots, numbers, pool, speculation, stake, sweep, tossup, wager, wagering, long odds, numbers game, random shot