LIRE is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. LIRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIRE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIRE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIRE
No single letter turns LIRE into another word.
How LIRE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LIRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about LIRE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LIRE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
Plural of lira: the former currency of Italy.
Lire disappeared from tills in 2002 when the euro arrived, and what it left behind is a memory of very large numbers: a coffee cost a thousand and more, so prices ran to five and six digits. The name comes from the Latin for a pound of weight, the same root that gave the pound sterling its sign.
How LIRE is used
Plural of lira; the Turkish lira takes the same singular and a different plural in English.
- The bill came to ninety thousand lire and nobody blinked.
- He kept a few lire in a drawer long after they stopped being money.
- Prices in lire looked alarming and were not.
- She changed her last lire at the airport in 2001.
- A million lire was a decent month, not a fortune.
- The coins were lire, worn smooth and worth nothing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIRE and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LIRE
The 4 tiles of LIRE in a different order — 4 found.
Words with LIRE inside
2 words contain LIRE in the middle. Words that start with LIRE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LIRE
Common questions about LIRE
- Is LIRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIRE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIRE worth?
- LIRE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIRE mean?
- Plural of lira: the former currency of Italy.
- What letters can be added to LIRE?
- No single letter can be added to LIRE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LIRE:
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