The word is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

• lye n. An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
• lye n. Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).
• lye v. To treat with lye.

19 valid words from 3 definitions

ALKALINE AN ASHES BY CAUSTIC HYDROXIDE LEACHING LIQUID LYE MADE OR POTASSIUM SODA SODIUM TO TREAT USUALLY WITH WOOD

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

YE

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

LEY

16 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AYE BYE DYE EYE HYE KYE LEE LIE LYM NYE OYE PYE RYE SYE TYE WYE

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

YE

5 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

LYME LYNE LYRE LYSE LYTE

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

LYES

33 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

FLYER PLYER SLYER FLYERS FLYEST PLYERS SLYEST JOLLYER POLYENE RALLYES SPULYED SPULYES TAILYES JOLLYERS POLYENES POLYENIC HIGHFLYER POLYESTER SPULYEING HIGHFLYERS POLYESTERS POLYETHENE BUTTERFLYER POLYESTROUS POLYETHENES BUTTERFLYERS POLYEMBRYONY POLYETHYLENE POLYEMBRYONIC POLYETHYLENES POLYEMBRYONATE POLYEMBRYONIES POLYELECTROLYTE

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

RALLYE SPULYE TAILYE

29 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A YALE
+B BLEY
+D YELD
+E EELY
+F FLEY FYLE
+G GLEY
+H HYLE
+K KYLE YELK YLKE
+L YELL
+M ELMY LYME YELM YLEM
+N LYNE
+P YELP
+R LYRE RELY
+S LEYS LYES LYSE SLEY
+T LYTE YELT
+U YULE
+V LEVY
+W WYLE

2 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-L YE
-Y EL

Scrabble scoring

• 6 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

• Joker allowed, 1 in 16.9 chance (5.93%).
• Joker not allowed, 1 in 48.1 chance (2.08%).

Other languages

• Invalid: French German Spanish Italian Romanian

Category without words

• No words-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

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