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

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

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4-letter words (4 found)

LEYS,LYES,LYSE,SLEY,

3-letter words (9 found)

ELS,LES,LEY,LYE,SEL,SEY,SLY,SYE,YES,

2-letter words (3 found)

EL,ES,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from lyse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lyse

lyse ylse lsye slye ysle syle lyes yles leys elys yels eyls lsey sley lesy elsy sely esly ysel syel yesl eysl seyl esyl

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Definitions and meaning of lyse

lyse

Etymology

Back-formation from lysis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪz/, /ˈlaɪs/
  • Rhymes: -aɪz, -aɪs
  • Homophones: lies, lice

Verb

lyse (third-person singular simple present lyses, present participle lysing, simple past and past participle lysed)

  1. (biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
  2. (biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

Related terms

  • lysis
  • -lysis

Anagrams

  • Slye, leys, lyes, sely, sley, syle

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • lise

Etymology

From lysë.

Noun

lyse f

  1. stream

Related terms

  • lis

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lyːsə/, [ˈlyːsə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýsa, from Proto-Germanic *liuhsijaną. Derived from *leuhsaz (“light”, adjective) and/or *leuhsą (“light”, noun).

Verb

lyse (imperative lys, infinitive at lyse, present tense lyser, past tense lyste, perfect tense har lyst)

  1. to shine
  2. to give out light
  3. to register
  4. (religion) to declare (a wedding or a ban)
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

lyse

  1. definite singular of lys
  2. plural of lys

French

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: lysent, lyses

Noun

lyse f (plural lyses)

  1. (chemistry) lysis

Related terms

  • lytique

Verb

lyse

  1. inflection of lyser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

lyse

  1. ablative singular of lysis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA(key): [ˈlŷː.sɛ̝]

Adjective

lyse

  1. definite singular of lys
  2. plural of lys

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýsa.

Verb

lyse (imperative lys, present tense lyser, passive lyses, simple past lyste, past participle lyst, present participle lysende)

  1. to light
Derived terms
  • avlyse
  • belyse
  • opplyse

References

  • “lyse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

lyse (present tense lyser, past tense lyste, past participle lyst, passive infinitive lysast, present participle lysande, imperative lys)

  1. e-infinitive form of lysa
Derived terms
  • avlyse

Etymology 2

Adjective

lyse

  1. definite singular of lys
  2. plural of lys

Swedish

Noun

lyse n

  1. a light (lighting apparatus)

Declension

See also

  • lampa

References

  • lyse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • lyse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • lyse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org