Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

draft lottery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: draft lot-tery
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the lotteries by which US residents were drafted into military service during World War II and the Vietnam War and would be drafted were a draft reinstituted under current law.

American usage

noun

A lottery process that determines the order in which members of a professional sports league can select eligible players, such as

American usage

noun

A lottery process that determines the order in which members of a professional sports league can select eligible players, such as

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

draft lotteries (plural)

Questions

What does draft lottery mean?: Any of the lotteries by which US residents were drafted into military service during World War II and the Vietnam War and would be drafted were a draft reinstituted under current law.

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