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Is lieu a Scrabble word?

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

L1I1E1U1

Is lieu a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1I1E1U1

Is lieu a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lieu is a Words With Friends word. The word lieu is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2I1E1U2

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4-letter words (1 found)

LIEU,

3-letter words (4 found)

LEI,LEU,LIE,ULE,

2-letter words (2 found)

EL,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 8 words from lieu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lieu

lieu ileu leiu eliu ielu eilu liue ilue luie ulie iule uile leui elui luei ulei euli ueli ieul eiul iuel uiel euil ueil

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

Definitions and meaning of lieu

lieu

Etymology

Borrowed from French lieu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /l(j)uː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophone: loo (in some accents)

Noun

lieu (uncountable)

  1. A place or stead.

Derived terms

  • in lieu
  • in lieu of

Related terms

  • lieu-dit

Translations

Anagrams

  • euil, liue

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ljø/
  • Homophones: lieue, lieus, lieux, lieues

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

Noun

lieu m (plural lieux)

  1. place
    Synonyms: endroit, place
Derived terms
Related terms
  • louer
  • loyer
  • location
Descendants
  • → English: lieu

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr.

Noun

lieu m (plural lieus)

  1. any of several fish from the Pollachius family
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “lieu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French leu.

Noun

lieu m (plural lieux or lieus)

  1. place

Descendants

  • French: lieu

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse lýðrr.

Noun

lieu m (plural lieus)

  1. (Jersey) whiting (fish)

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • liug (Sursilvan)
  • liac (Sutsilvan)
  • li (Surmiran)
  • lö (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin locus.

Noun

lieu m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun) place

Source: wiktionary.org