How many points in Scrabble is lye worth? lye how many points in Words With Friends? What does lye mean? Get all these answers on this page.
See how to calculate how many points for lye.
Is lye a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word lye is a Scrabble US word. The word lye is worth 6 points in Scrabble:
L1Y4E1
Is lye a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word lye is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:
L1Y4E1
Is lye a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word lye is a Words With Friends word. The word lye is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
L2Y3E1
You can make 5 words from lye according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
lye yle ley ely yel eyl
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word lye. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in lye.
From Middle English leye, lye, from Old English lēah, lēag (“lye”), from Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Loge, Looie (“lye”), Dutch loog (“lye”), German Low German Loge, Loje, Loog (“lye”), German Lauge (“lye”).
lye (countable and uncountable, plural lyes)
lye (third-person singular simple present lyes, present participle lyeing or lying, simple past and past participle lyed)
Variant of lie (“to rest horizontally”) now used in a specialised sense; compare sett.
lye (third-person singular simple present lyes, present participle lying, simple past lay, past participle lain or layn)
lye (plural lyes)
“lye”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
From Old Norse hlýja, from the adjective hlýr.
lye (present tense lyer, past tense lydde, past participle lytt/lydd, passive infinitive lyast, present participle lyande, imperative ly)
lye (present tense lyar or lyer, past tense lya or lydde, past participle lya or lydd, present participle lyande)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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