Definition of lyre

"lyre" in the noun sense

1. lyre

a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment

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Quotations for lyre

Never does a wilder song
Steal the breezy lyre along,
When the wind in odors dying,
Wooes it with enamored sighing. [ Moore ]

Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd.
Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. [ Gray ]

An ass at the lyre, (i.e. one unsusceptible of music).

Nothing which does not transport is poetry. The lyre is a winged instrument. [ Joubert ]

The fibres of all things have their tension, and are strained like the strings of a lyre. [ Thoreau ]

In love, a woman is like a lyre that surrenders its secrets only to the hand that knows how to touch its strings. [ Balzac ]

lyre in Scrabble®

The word lyre is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters lyre:

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lyre in Words With Friends™

The word lyre is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters lyre:

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Words containing the sequence lyre

Words that start with lyre (6 words)

Words with lyre in them (1 word)

Words that end with lyre (1 word)

Word Growth involving lyre

Shorter words in lyre

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Longer words containing lyre

lyrebird lyrebirds

lyreflower lyreflowers

lyres