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Yes. The word lyne is a Scrabble US word. The word lyne is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (1 found)

LYNE,

3-letter words (4 found)

LEY,LYE,NYE,YEN,

2-letter words (5 found)

EL,EN,NE,NY,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from lyne according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lyne

lyne ylne lnye nlye ynle nyle lyen ylen leyn elyn yeln eyln lney nley leny elny nely enly ynel nyel yenl eynl neyl enyl

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Definitions and meaning of lyne

lyne

Noun

lyne (countable and uncountable, plural lynes)

  1. Obsolete form of line.
  2. Obsolete form of linen.

Anagrams

  • -enyl, enyl, leyn

Danish

Etymology

See lyn (“lightning”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lyːnə/, [ˈlyːnə]

Verb

lyne (imperative lyn, infinitive at lyne, present tense lyner, past tense lynede, perfect tense er/har lynet)

  1. zip (to close with a zip fastener)
  2. lighten, lightning (to produce lightning)

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • lyn, line, lin, lynye, lyny

Etymology 1

From Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːn/, /lin/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

lyne (uncountable)

  1. A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers.
  2. The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown and spun for use in textiles.
  3. Cloth woven from flax; linen.
Synonyms
  • flex
Descendants
  • English: line, linseed (in compound with seed)
  • Yola: leen

References

  • “lī̆n, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

lyne

  1. Alternative form of loyne (“loins”)

Etymology 3

Adjective

lyne

  1. Alternative form of lynnen

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːn(ə)/

Noun

lyne

  1. Alternative form of lynde

Etymology 5

Verb

lyne

  1. Alternative form of linnen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lyː.nə/

Etymology 1

From lyn n (“lightning”).

Alternative forms

  • ljona, lyna

Verb

lyne (present tense lyner, past tense lynte, past participle lynt, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyn)

  1. (impersonal, intransitive) to produce lightning
  2. (intransitive) to emit one or more flashes, to gleam
  3. (intransitive, of eyes, idiomatic) to light up (in rage)
  4. (intransitive) to flash; to move very fast

Etymology 2

From the adjective ly (“lew, tepid”).

Alternative forms

  • lyna

Verb

lyne (present tense lynar, past tense lyna, past participle lyna, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyne/lyn)

  1. (ergative) to lew

References

  • “lyne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “lyne” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Anagrams

  • ylen

Source: wiktionary.org