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The English language contains various two-letter words . The number is reduced somewhat by the three letter rule . Here is a list of such words. Some of these words are debatable, because they are archaic, slang, proper names, or words borrowed from other languages.
English Words aa – a type of lava having a rough surface (pronounced "ah - ah" and properly spelled "`a`a")Ab romanization of av ae – one adj. (chiefly Scots )ah – an interjection used to express various emotions such as surprise , delight, disgust, or pain ai – a three-toed South American sloth al – East Indian tree; also a hirsute creature said in Persian mythology to devour the souls of unborn childrenam – first person singular present indicative of the verb "to be"an – the indefinite article used before vowel soundsAo Polynesian mythology ar as – a preposition meaning "to the same extent or degree"at – a preposition meaning "in the area occupied by"av – a month of the Hebrew calendaraw – an interjection used variously to express sympathy, tenderness, disapproval, or disbelief by means of slight differences in pronunciationax – axe ay – alternate spelling of ayeba – part of the Egyptian soul ; also to kiss (archaic)be – to existbo – friend; also a weapon used in martial arts; also a sacred Indian fig tree by – preposition meaning "near to"ch – I (obsolete)da – a heavy Burmese knifede – preposition meaning of or from in names and in phrases recently borrowed from the Latin or French (de jure, de facto, coup de grace)di – a plural of deus (a god )do – to execute; also first tone of the diatonic scale ea – a river (obsolete); also (with initial capital) the god of water in Babylonian mythology 'e'e – an extinct Hawaiian bird ef – the letter "F"eh el – the letter "L"; also the god of rain in Canaanite mythology; also short for "elevated train"em – a type of dash used in typesetting; the letter "M"en – a type of dash used in typesetting; the letter "N"er – an interjection expressing hesitationes – the letter "S"et – a past tense form of "to eat"ex ex cathedra or ex libris .fa – fourth tone of the diatonic scale fy – an interjection expressing disgust (fie)Ga Ghana ge – alternate spelling of Gaiagi judo or karate costumego – to move; also an oriental board gamegu – a simple violin used in Shetland (gju, gue)ha – an interjection expressing triumph or laughter; also (with initial capital) the god of the deserts in Egyptian mythology he – third person singular masculine nominative pronoun ; also an onomatopoeia of laughterhi – hellohm – and interjection expressing thought (hmm); also (as HM) used as an abbreviation of "His (or Her) Majesty"ho – interjection used to attract attention; also a contraction of hoe (high ground) as in Westward Ho!; also a contraction of whore (slang)Hu Egyptian mythology id psyche if – a conjunction meaning "in the event that"I'm – contraction of "I am"in – a preposition meaning "inside"io Inachus in Greek mythology ; also a moon of Jupiter; also an alternate spelling of Kiho ; also a Hawaiian species of hawkis – third person singular present indicative of "to be"it – third person singular neutral pronoun Ix – one of the Bacabs in Maya mythology jo – dear, sweetheart (Scots )ka – Part of the Egyptian soul ki – alternative spelling of qi from Japanese Ku – alternative spelling of Tu from Hawaiianla – sixth tone of the diatonic scale li distance ; also (with initial capital) an ethnic minority in southern China lo – an interjection meaning "look!"ma – mother ; also used in some dialects to mean "my"me pronoun ; a variant of "mi"; also a concept in Sumerian mythology ; also used in some dialects to mean "my"mi – third tone of the diatonic scale mm – an interjection expressing satisfactionmu Greek alphabet ; also (with initial capital) the name of hypothetical vanished continent in the Pacific Ocean my – first person singular possessive adjective na – no, not (obsolete)né – born with the name of (the male form of "née")no – not any; also a general negative response; no. is also an abbreviation of the word "number"nu Greek alphabet ; also (with initial capital) the god of the ocean in Egyptian mythology ; also (with initial capital) an ethnic minority in China Ob Siberia (one of the largest rivers in the world)od mesmerism ; also the husband of Freya in Norse mythology oe – one; wind (Faroe Islands )of – derived from or belonging tooh – an interjection indicating surprise oi punk music om mystic syllable used by Hindus & Buddhists in various religious riteson – a preposition meaning "above and in contact with"oo – a rare Hawaiian bird (pronounced "oh-oh"); also a Scottish word for "wool"or os – narrow ridge of gravel and sand (esker); also orificeou – an interjection expressing concessionow – an interjection indicating sudden painox oy – an interjection to draw someone's attentionpa – father pe – a letter in the Hebrew alphabetpi Greek alphabet and a mathematical constant po – a chamber potqi Ra Egyptian mythology ; also an alternative spelling of Roua re – second tone of the diatonic scale ; also an alternative spelling of Ra ri jellyfish Ro – a constructed language of the "philosophical" type (words from similar categories begin with similar letters), invented by the Rev. Edward Powell Foster with his wifeRu Polynesian mythology sh – an interjection urging silence si – a note in the diatonic scale ; also (with initial capital) the god of the moon in Mochican mythologyso – to the amount or degree expressed or understood; also a question asking what logically follows from a statement; also fifth tone of the diatonic scale st – an exclamation of impatienceta – thank you (British )te – seventh tone of the diatonic scale ti – a small tree ; also the seventh tone of the diatonic scale to – towardsTu Polynesian mythology Ua Polynesian mythology ug – to cause hatreduh – an interjection expressing hesitationUl Polynesian mythology um – an interjection expressing hesitationun – oneup Ur Mesopotamia us – the first person plural objective-case pronoun ut – musical tone in French solmization systemve sie ; (with initial capital) the brother of Odin in Norse mythology Wa China we – the first person plural nominative-case pronoun Wi Lakota mythology wo – alternate spelling of woeWu – a dialect of the Chinese language xe – alternate spelling of sie xi – a letter in the Greek alphabet xu Vietnamese monetary unitya – yes; also youye – you (subject or nominative ); also the (archaic spelling), using y for the letter thorn)Yi China yo – interjection used to call attention (American )yu – a precious jade zi China zo – a Himalayan cross between a yak and a cow (also dzo )
English use in a foreign phrase Several more of our two-letter words exist as parts of set phrases imported from other languages.
ao – in ao dai Vietnamese garment)et – in et cetera id – in id est (the expanded form of i.e. )la – in sao la , a Vietnamese ox of the genus Pseudoryx , first discovered in the 1990spu – repeated twice in pu pu platter se – from per se vu – as in déjà vu
Abbreviations Many two-letter words are abbreviations, or apocopations of longer words. They are frequently slang or informal words.
ab – an abdominal muscle (slang)ad – advertisement ag – pertaining to agriculturebi – bisexual (slang)ec – economics (especially after "home")ed – education (informal); also editorep – episode (slang)eq – equalizer (for music recording)mo – momentop – operator (slang); also operation; opportunity (as in photo op); optical (as in op art); or opinion (as in op-ed)Oz ph – pH (potential for hydrogen ; power of hydrogen) a measure of acidity'za – an abbreviation from the end of pizza See also: List of all two-letter combinations
letter games , such as crossword puzzles or anagrams , or in word games , such as Scrabble .
Words acceptable in Scrabble The following are lists of two letter words allowed in Scrabble (US, UK and International). See the Scrabble article for an explanation of the different wordlists and their applications.
OSPD - Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary (US) AA AB AD AE AG AH AI AL AM AN AR AS AT AW AX AY BA BE BI BO BY DA DE DO EF EH EL EM EN ER ES ET EX FA GO HA HE HI HM HO ID IF IN IS IT JO KA LA LI LO MA ME MI MM MO MU MY NA NE NO NU OD OE OF OH OM ON OP OR OS OW OX OY PA PE PI RE SH SI SO TA TI TO UM UN UH UP US UT WE WO XI XU YA YE YO
OSW - Official Scrabble Words - Chambers (UK/Australia etc.) AA AB AD AE AH AI AM AN AR AS AT AW AX AY BA BE BI BO BY CH DA DI DO EA EE EF EH EL EM EN ER ES EX FA FY GI GO GU HA HE HI HO ID IF IN IO IS IT JO KA KO KY LA LI LO MA ME MI MO MU MY NA NE NO NU NY OB OD OE OF OH OI OM ON OO OR OS OU OW OX OY PA PH PI PO QI RE SH SI SO ST TA TE TI TO UG UM UN UP UR US UT WE WO XI XU YE YO YU ZO
SOWPODS/OSWI: a combination of OSPD and OSW used for International competition AA AB AD AE AG AH AI AL AM AN AR AS AT AW AX AY BA BE BI BO BY CH DA DE DI DO EA ED EE EF EH EL EM EN ER ES ET EX FA FY GI GO GU HA HE HI HM HO ID IF IN IO IS IT JO KA KO KY LA LI LO MA ME MI MM MO MU MY NA NE NO NU NY OB OD OE OF OH OI OM ON OO OP OR OS OU OW OX OY PA PE PH PI PO QI RE SH SI SO ST TA TE TI TO UG UH UM UN UP UR US UT WE WO XI XU YA YE YO YU ZO
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