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Is byre a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word byre is a Scrabble US word. The word byre is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is byre a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word byre is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

B3Y4R1E1

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4-letter words (2 found)

BREY,BYRE,

3-letter words (5 found)

BEY,BYE,REB,RYE,YER,

2-letter words (5 found)

BE,BY,ER,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from byre according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of byre

byre ybre brye rbye yrbe rybe byer yber beyr ebyr yebr eybr brey rbey bery ebry reby erby yreb ryeb yerb eyrb reyb eryb

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word byre. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in byre.

Definitions and meaning of byre

byre

Etymology

From Middle English bire, bier, byr, from Old English bȳre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɪɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

byre (plural byres)

  1. (chiefly British) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
    • 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, page 9 (2001 Perennial Edition):
      The visitors came up the narrow road through the forest from the south; they filled the spare-rooms, they bunked out in cow byres and barns.

Synonyms

  • cowbarn, cowhouse

Coordinate terms

  • cowshed

Translations

Anagrams

  • Brey, Byer, Erby, yerb

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *burī (early *burijaz), from Proto-Germanic *buriz (“son”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈby.re/

Noun

byre m (nominative plural byras or byre)

  1. child, son, descendant; young man, youth
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“hill, elevation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈby.re/

Noun

byre m (nominative plural byras or byre)

  1. mound

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favourable wind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈby.re/

Noun

byre m (nominative plural byras or byre)

  1. strong wind, storm
Descendants
  • Middle English: bir
    • English: birr

Etymology 4

From Proto-Germanic *burjaz (“opportunity”), related to Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈby.re/

Noun

byre m (nominative plural byras or byre)

  1. time, opportunity; occurrence
Derived terms
  • ambyre (“favorable, fair”)

Etymology 5

Probably related to Old English būr. Perhaps identical to the word for a farm or dwelling in German -büren, Dutch -buren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbyː.re/

Noun

bȳre n (nominative plural bȳru)

  1. stall, shed, hut
Derived terms
  • cūbȳre m (“cow-byre, cow-shed”)
Descendants
  • English: byre

Scots

Etymology

From Old English bȳre, but possibly influenced in usage by Gaelic "bò" meaning a cow.

Noun

byre (plural byres)

  1. A cattle shed or outhouse

Derived terms

  • Byreman, cattleherd
  • Byregraip, a dung fork.

Source: wiktionary.org