The word lyre 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.)

  • lyre n. An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two…
  • lyre n. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
  • lyre n. (Obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.

30 valid words from 3 definitions

AN ANCIENT ATTACHES CHORDOPHONE COMPOSER CONSISTING GREEK HOLDER IMPRACTICAL INSTRUMENT IS LUTE LYRE LYRIC MUSIC MUSICAL OBSOLETE OF ORIGIN POETRY SHAPED SHEET STAND STRINGED THAT TO TWO WHEN WIND YOKE

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

RE

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

ER

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

RELY

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

AYRE BYRE EYRE GYRE LARE LERE LIRE LORE LURE LYME LYNE LYRA LYSE LYTE PYRE TYRE

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

LYE

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

LYRES LYREBIRD LYREBIRDS

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

+A EARLY LAYER LEARY RAYLE RELAY
+B BERYL
+D REDLY
+E LEERY
+F FERLY FLYER REFLY
+I RILEY
+P PLYER REPLY
+S LYRES SLYER
+T TYLER

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

-L RYE YER
-R LEY LYE

Scrabble scoring

  • 7 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 58.5 chance (1.71%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 195 chance (0.51%).

Other languages

  • Valid: French
  • Invalid: German Spanish Italian Romanian
  • (In French) LYRE n.f.
  • (In French) LYRÉ, E adj. (Feuille) pennée qui se distingue par son lobe terminal plus grand.
  • (In French) LYRER v. (p.p.inv. mais lyré adj.) [cj. aimer]. Québ. Pleurnicher longtemps sur le même ton.

Categories without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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