1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Lure in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does lure mean? Is lure a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is lure worth? lure how many points in Words With Friends? What does lure mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for lure

See how to calculate how many points for lure.

Is lure a Scrabble word?

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

L1U1R1E1

Is lure a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1U1R1E1

Is lure a Words With Friends word?

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

L2U2R1E1

Our tools

Valid words made from Lure

Results

4-letter words (2 found)

LURE,RULE,

3-letter words (5 found)

LEU,LUR,RUE,ULE,URE,

2-letter words (4 found)

EL,ER,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from lure according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lure

lure

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish *lōþr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-, perhaps ultimately related to *laþō (“invitation, calling”), or from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”). Compare English allure, also from Old French. Probably related to German Luder (“bait”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l(j)ʊə/, /lɔː/, /lɜː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /lʊəɹ/, /lɝ/
  • (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /lʉːɹ/
  • Homophones: lore (some speakers with the pour–poor merger); law (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger)
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ)

Noun

lure (plural lures)

  1. (also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
  2. (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
  3. (falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
  4. A velvet smoothing brush.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

lure (third-person singular simple present lures, present participle luring, simple past and past participle lured)

  1. (transitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile.
    Synonym: entice
  2. (transitive) To attract fish with a lure.
  3. (transitive, falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.

Derived terms

Related terms
  • allure
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Icelandic lúðr.

Noun

lure (plural lures)

  1. (music) Alternative form of lur.

References

Anagrams

  • Rule, UERL, ReLU, Ruel, rule

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

lure

  1. definite singular of lur
  2. plural of lur

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German luren.

Verb

lure (imperative lur, present tense lurer, passive lures, simple past lurte, past participle lurt, present participle lurende)

  1. to deceive, trick
  2. to lurk
  3. to wonder (på / about)

References

  • “lure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

lure

  1. definite of lur
  2. plural of lur

Etymology 2

Verb

lure (present tense lurar or lurer, past tense lura or lurte, past participle lura or lurt, present participle lurande, imperative lur)

  1. alternative form of lura

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *lōþr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-, perhaps ultimately related to *laþō (“invitation, calling”), or from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”).

Noun

lure oblique singular, f (oblique plural lures, nominative singular lure, nominative plural lures)

  1. lure (bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk)

Descendants

  • English: lure

References

  • lure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
  • “lure”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Luder”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Source: wiktionary.org