Lye is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.
You can make 15 anagrams from letters in lye (ely).
before 900; Middle English lie, ley, Old English lēag; cognate with Dutch loog, German Lauge lye, Old Norse laug warm bath. See lave1
When it is full, we pour the water in it, and catch the lye as it drips out.
The strong bases, like lye and caustic soda, are also called alkalies.
In the same way you were warned to have vinegar near at hand while you worked with lye.
The first operation was to make the lye, to "set the leach."
Turn them frequently while in the lye, and wipe them dry afterwards.
Her little boy was playing near, and some lye splashed on his hand.
Colours dyed in this way become fixed, and no soap or lye will ever wash them out.
Dry lye may be kept in tin cans, but if the lye is moistened it will eat the can.
Than was the yonger slowe, and vsed moche to lye in his bed as long as he myght.
Another discusses being bathed by her grandmother as a child with lye soap in an effort to lighten her complexion.