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Is lyre a Scrabble word?

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

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Is lyre a Scrabble UK word?

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

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4-letter words (2 found)

LYRE,RELY,

3-letter words (4 found)

LEY,LYE,RYE,YER,

2-letter words (4 found)

EL,ER,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 4 letters words made out of lyre

lyre ylre lrye rlye yrle ryle lyer yler leyr elyr yelr eylr lrey rley lery elry rely erly yrel ryel yerl eyrl reyl eryl

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Definitions and meaning of lyre

lyre

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”). Doublet of lira and Lyra.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/, /laɪɹ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: liar, lier, lire

Noun

lyre (plural lyres)

  1. An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
    1. Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
  2. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
  3. (obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.

Synonyms

  • (a general class of instruments): yoke lute

Derived terms

  • bell lyre
  • lyre-guitar
  • lyre snake

Related terms

  • Lyra
  • lyrebird
  • lyrical

Translations

References

  • 2012. Kisir and Tanbura. Dahab Khalil and Artur Simon. Pg. 96.
  • 2007. Origins and Development of Musical Instruments. Jeremy Montagu. Pg. 128.

Verb

lyre (third-person singular simple present lyres, present participle lyring, simple past and past participle lyred)

  1. (rare) to play the lyre

See also

  • harp

Further reading

  • “lyre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “lyre”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Ryle, rely

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liʁ/

Noun

lyre f (plural lyres)

  1. lyre
  2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Descendants

  • → Romanian: liră
  • → Turkish: lir

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lyre f or m (definite singular lyra or lyren, indefinite plural lyrer, definite plural lyrene)

  1. (music) a lyre

Anagrams

  • lyer, -yler, ryle, yler

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lyre f (definite singular lyra, indefinite plural lyrer, definite plural lyrene)

  1. (music) a lyre

Derived terms

  • Kraviklyra
  • kraviklyre

Source: wiktionary.org