lien

Plural: lienes, liens

Noun

A legal claim on property until a debt is paid.
the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
A tendon.
A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
The spleen.

Verb

Alternative form of lain.

Examples

I put a LIEN on that triple word score, ensuring no one else could steal it in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“a bond”), from ligō (“tie, bind”).

Synonyms

spleen, milt

Scrabble Score: 4

lien: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
lien: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lien: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

lien: valid Words With Friends Word