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

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

L1Y4T1E1

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4-letter words (2 found)

LYTE,YELT,

3-letter words (7 found)

ELT,LET,LEY,LYE,TEL,TYE,YET,

2-letter words (4 found)

EL,ET,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 4 letters words made out of lyte

lyte ylte ltye tlye ytle tyle lyet ylet leyt elyt yelt eylt ltey tley lety elty tely etly ytel tyel yetl eytl teyl etyl

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Definitions and meaning of lyte

lyte

Middle English

Noun

lyte (plural lytes)

  1. Alternative form of light

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýta.

Alternative forms

  • lyte (e- and split infinitives)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lyːtə/

Verb

lyte (present tense lytar/lyter, past tense lyta/lytte, past participle lyta/lytt, passive infinitive lytast, present participle lytande, imperative lyte/lyt)

  1. to scathe
Related terms
  • ljot (adjective)
  • lyte n (Etymology 2)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýti f (“ugliness”) and Old Norse lýti n (“flaw”). Akin to Danish lyde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lyːtə/

Noun

lyte n (definite singular lytet, indefinite plural lyte, definite plural lyta)

  1. a flaw
    Synonym: skavank
Derived terms
  • lytefri

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hljóta (“to get by lot”), from Proto-Germanic *hleutaną.

Alternative forms

  • lyta (a-infinitive)
  • ljota, ljote (non-standard since 2012)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lyːtə/

Verb

lyte (present tense lyt, past tense laut, supine lote, past participle loten, present participle lytande)

  1. to have to, must
    Synonyms: måtta, skulla

References

  • “lyte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • tyle, ylet, ylte

Swedish

Noun

lyte n

  1. bodily defect, bodily deformity
  2. (figuratively) fault, vice

Declension

Derived terms

  • lyte och men
  • lyteskomik

Related terms

  • lytt

References

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

Anagrams

  • ylet

Source: wiktionary.org