Liar in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is liar a Scrabble word?

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

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Is liar a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1I1A1R1

Is liar a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word liar is a Words With Friends word. The word liar is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (7 found)

ARIL,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LIRA,RAIL,RIAL,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIL,AIR,LAR,RAI,RIA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AI,AL,AR,LA,LI,

You can make 17 words from liar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of liar

liar

English

Alternative forms

  • lyar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English lier, liere, lyere, liȝer, lieȝer, legher, from Old English lēgere, lēogere (liar, false witness, hypocrite), from Proto-West Germanic *leugārī, from Proto-Germanic *leugārijaz (liar), from *leuganą (to lie) +‎ *-ārijaz, equivalent to lie +‎ -ar. More at lie.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/
  • Homophones: lyre, lier
  • Hyphenation: li‧ar
  • Rhymes: -aɪ.ə(ɹ)

Noun

liar (plural liars)

  1. A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie.
  2. (nautical, obsolete) A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.

Synonyms

  • bluffer
  • bullshitter
  • contradictor
  • deceiver
  • fabricator
  • fabulist
  • falsifier
  • fibber
  • goofer
  • gossiper
  • nonsenser
  • red flagger
  • storyteller
  • tall tale teller

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Lair, aril, lair, lari, lira, rail, rial

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay liar.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈliar/ [ˈli.ar]
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Syllabification: li‧ar

Adjective

liar

  1. wild, untamed, undomesticated
  2. uncivilized, uncultured, primitive, barbaric, savage, wild
  3. illegal, unlawful, outlawed, unauthorized
  4. shy (of fish, etc.)
  5. irregular

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “liar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Old French lier, from Latin ligāre. Doublet of ligar and legar.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧ar

Verb

liar (first-person singular present lio, first-person singular preterite liei, past participle liado) (transitive)

  1. to tie
    Synonyms: atar, amarrar
  2. to connect, to link
    Synonym: ligar

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • liação

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ligāre, possibly through the intermediate of Old French lier in the Middle Ages, as it appeared relatively late in Spanish texts. See also the doublet ligar, a semi-learned term, as well as the inherited Old Spanish form legar (to tie, bind) (in modern Spanish, this word survives as a rare regionalism, often with a specialized sense such as "tie or bind a sheep for shearing", or "to join together, unite"). Compare Sicilian alligari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈljaɾ/ [ˈljaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: liar

Verb

liar (first-person singular present lío, first-person singular preterite lie, past participle liado)

  1. to bind, tie
  2. to wrap, wrap up
  3. to roll (a cigarette)
  4. (colloquial) to deceive, confuse
  5. (reflexive, colloquial, Spain) to french, snog, make out

Usage notes

In some places or speakers the pronunciation splits the diphthong, following the base lío: /li.ˈaɾ/ [li.ˈaɾ].

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • “liar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

liar

  1. indefinite plural of lie

Anagrams

  • ilar, lira

Source: wiktionary.org