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

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Yes. The word lyra is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (3 found)

ARYL,LYRA,RYAL,

3-letter words (6 found)

ARY,LAR,LAY,RAY,RYA,YAR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AL,AR,AY,LA,YA,

You can make 14 words from lyra according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lyra

lyra ylra lrya rlya yrla ryla lyar ylar layr alyr yalr aylr lray rlay lary alry raly arly yral ryal yarl ayrl rayl aryl

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Definitions and meaning of lyra

lyra

Etymology 1

Noun

lyra

  1. (anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.

Etymology 2

Noun

lyra (plural lyras)

  1. A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek λῠ́ρᾱ (lúrā) or Modern Greek λύρα (lýra). Doublet of lira, Lyra, and lyre.

Alternative forms

  • lira (Byzantine lyra)

Noun

lyra (plural lyras)

  1. A bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire.
  2. A bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece.
Derived terms
  • lyra viol

Further reading

  • Byzantine lyra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Cretan lyra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Lary, RYLA, Rayl, Ryal, aryl, lyar, ryal, yarl

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lyra (“a lyre, a lyric”), from Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “a lyre”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɪra]
  • Rhymes: -ɪra
  • Hyphenation: ly‧ra
  • Homophone: lira

Noun

lyra f

  1. lyre (ancient musical instrument) [19th c.]

Declension

Related terms

References

Anagrams

  • ryla

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈly.ra/, [ˈlʲʏrä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.ra/, [ˈliːrä]

Noun

lyra f (genitive lyrae); first declension

  1. (music) lyre, lute
  2. the northern constellation Lyra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • lyricen
  • lyricus
  • lyristēs

Descendants

  • → English: Lyra
  • → English: lyra
  • → French: lyre
  • → Spanish: lira

References

  • “lyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lyra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lyra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lyra f (definite singular lyra, indefinite plural lyrer or lyror, definite plural lyrene or lyrone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of lyre
  2. definite singular of lyre

Swedish

Noun

lyra c

  1. a lyre (a stringed musical instrument)
  2. a European pollock (Pollachius pollachius)
    Synonyms: lyrtorsk, (regional) bleksej, bleka
  3. (brännboll) a catch without the ball having touched the ground


Declension

Derived terms

a catch in brännboll
  • enhandslyra

Anagrams

  • ylar

Source: wiktionary.org