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There are 11 four-letter words beginning with LY

LYAM	• lyam n. (Obsolete) A leash. • LYAM n. a kind of bloodhound, also LYM, LYME.
LYCH	• lych n. (Obsolete) Alternative spelling of lich. • Lych prop.n. A surname. • LYCH n. a corpse, also LICH.
LYES	• lyes n. Plural of lye. • lyes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lye. • LYE n. a strongly alkaline solution obtained by leaching.
LYME	• lyme v. (Jamaica, slang) to hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular). • Lyme prop.n. A town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. • Lyme prop.n. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
LYMS	• LYM n. (Shakespeare) a kind of bloodhound, also LYAM, LYME.
LYNE	• lyne n. Obsolete form of line. • lyne n. Obsolete form of linen. • Lyne prop.n. A village in Runnymede district, Surrey, England.
LYNX	• lynx n. Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx. • Lynx prop.n. (Astronomy) A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer. • Lynx prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the lynxes.
LYRA	• lyra n. (Anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from… • lyra n. A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances. • lyra n. A bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire.
LYRE	• lyre n. An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two… • lyre n. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical. • lyre n. (Obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.
LYSE	• lyse v. (Biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis. • lyse v. (Biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis. • LYSE v. to cause to undergo lysis.
LYTE	• -lyte suff. Word-forming element used in making nouns corresponding to nouns in -lysis and adjectives in -lytic. • LYTE v. to alight, also LITE.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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