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There are 17 four-letter words containing YR

AYRE	• ayre n. A narrow bar of sand or gravel formed by the sea; a sandbank. • ayre n. Archaic spelling of air. • Ayre prop.n. An area, called a sheading, in the north of the Isle of Man.
BYRE	• byre n. (Chiefly Britain) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in. • BYRE n. a cow shed.
BYRL	• byrl v. Alternative form of birle. • BYRL v. to carouse, also BIRL, BIRLE.
EYRA	• eyra n. A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. • EYRA n. a South American wild cat, aka jaguarundi, jaguarondi.
EYRE	• eyre n. (UK, law, historical) A journey in circuit of certain itinerant judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere). • Eyre prop.n. A surname. • EYRE n. (historical) a journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre.
EYRY	• eyry n. (Rare) Alternative spelling of eyrie. • EYRY n. a bird of prey's nest, also AERIE, AERY, AIERY, AYRIE, EYRIE.
FYRD	• fyrd n. (Historical) In early Anglo-Saxon times, an army that was mobilized from freemen to defend their shire… • FYRD n. (Old English) a local militia in Anglo-Saxon times.
GYRE	• gyre n. (Chiefly literary, poetic). • gyre n. (Anatomy, zootomy, archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”). • gyre n. (Oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that…
GYRI	• gyri n. Plural of gyrus. • GYRUS n. (Latin) a ridge in the brain.
GYRO	• gyro n. A gyroscope. • gyro n. A gyrocompass. • gyro n. An autogyro.
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.
PYRE	• pyre n. A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned. • pyre n. Any heap or pile of combustibles. • PYRE n. a pile of combustible material.
PYRO	• pyro n. (Slang) A pyromaniac. • pyro n. Pyrocellulose. • pyro n. Pyrotechnician.
SKYR	• skyr n. A yogurt-like product made of curdled milk, curds stored up for food; a thick dairy product unique to… • SKYR n. (Old Norse) curds; a yogurt-like curd cheese.
TYRE	• tyre n. The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite… • tyre n. The metal rim of a wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway)… • tyre v. (Transitive) To fit tyres to (a vehicle).
TYRO	• tyro n. A beginner; a novice. • tyro- pref. (Biology, medicine) cheese#Noun. • TYRO n. (Latin) a beginner or novice, also TIRO.

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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Scrabble in Romanian: no word

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