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LYES

4 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What LYES Means

LYES is a form of LYE, which means:

  1. noun: a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LYES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 Y4 E1 S1.

Anagrams of LYES (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In LYES

12 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing LYES

LYES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.