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Is leir a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word leir is a Scrabble US word. The word leir is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

L1E1I1R1

Is leir a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word leir is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

L1E1I1R1

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4-letter words (5 found)

LEIR,LIER,LIRE,RIEL,RILE,

3-letter words (4 found)

IRE,LEI,LIE,REI,

2-letter words (4 found)

EL,ER,LI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 14 words from leir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of leir

leir elir lier iler eilr ielr leri elri lrei rlei erli reli lire ilre lrie rlie irle rile eirl ierl eril reil irel riel

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

Definitions and meaning of leir

leir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), from Proto-Germanic *laiza- (“clay”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”). Cf. Danish ler, Norwegian Nynorsk leire and Swedish lera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleiːr/
    Rhymes: -eiːr

Noun

leir m (genitive singular leirs, no plural)

  1. clay

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the noun læger and Old Norse legr, with the meaning from German Lager.

Noun

leir m (definite singular leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)

  1. a camp
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

leir f or m (definite singular leira or leiren, indefinite plural leirer, definite plural leirene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by leire

References

  • “leir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun læger and Old Norse legr, with the meaning from German Lager.

Noun

leir m (definite singular leiren, indefinite plural leirar, definite plural leirane)

  1. a camp

Derived terms

References

  • “leir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • iler, leir, leri, lêri, lier, lire, reil

Old Irish

Adjective

leir

  1. Alternative spelling of léir

Romansch

Verb

leir

  1. (Surmiran) Alternative form of vuleir

Source: wiktionary.org