Two-letter English words

Screenshot of Snap Attack

Two-letter words in the English language are mainly of interest to those who play word games like Upwords, Snap Attack and Scrabble but they also get the attention of linguists.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} Other lists of two-letter words exist and there is no consensus between these lists. The goal of many Scrabble players is to memorize all the two letter words.^[7] It is considered the first step in developing the competitive skill that is developed by serious players.^[8][9]

There is no consensus on the number of two letter words.^[10][11] Other lists of two-letter words exist. Serious Scrabble players memorize 2-letter words that are officially recognized in the Scrabble dictionary.

Two-letter words beginning with vowels

• AA, AB, AD, AE, AG, AH, AI, AL, AM, AN, AR, AS, AT, AW, AX, AY

• EA, ED, EE, EF, EH, EL, EM, EN, ER, ES, ET, EX

• ID, IF, IN, IO, IS, IT

• OB, OD, OE, OF, OH, OI, OM, ON, OO, OP, OR, OS, OU, OW, OX, OY

• UG, UH, UM, UN, UP, UR, US, UT

Two-letter that begin with consonants

• BA, BE, BI, BO, BY

• DA, DE, DI, DO

• FA, FE

• GI, GO, GU

• HA, HE, HI, HO

• JO

• KA, KI, KO

• LA, LI

• MU

• NA, NE, NO, NU

• PA, PE, PI, PO

• QI

• RE

• SI, SO

• TA, TE, TI, TO

• WO

• XI, XU,

• YA, YO, YU

• ZO

Two-letter words with no vowels

CH, FY, HM, MM, SH, ST, KY, MY, NY, PH, CD

Two-letter words with valid plural form

Approximately two thirds of two-letter words have a plural form. In some instances adding an ‘S’ changes the entire meaning of the word as in the words ‘as’ and ‘ass’.

AAS, ABS, ADS, AGS, AHS, AIS, ALS, ARS, ASS, AYS, BAS, BES, BIS, BOS, BYS, DOS, EDS, EFS, ELS, EMS, ENS, ERS, ESS, FAS, FES, GOS, HAS, HES, HIS, IDS, IFS, INS, ITS, KAS, KIS, LAS, LIS, MAS, MIS, MOS, MUS, NOS, NUS, ODS, OES, OHS, OMS, ONS, OPS, ORS, PAS, PES, PIS, QIS, RES, SIS, SOS, TAS, TIS, UNS, UPS, UTS, WOS, XIS, YES, ZAS ^[12]

A poem has been written to assist those who desire to memorize the 104 two letter words in the dictionary.^[13] The list of two letter English words have been called odd and memorization of all the two-letter words in English is claimed to maintain brain function.^[14]

See also

• Official Scrabble Players Dictionary

• Official Tournament and Club Word List

• SOWPODS

References

1. "Wordament Snap Attack’s two-letter words". Wordament. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
2. "Two-letter words". Oxford Dictionaries (US). Retrieved 2015-06-04.
3. "Announcing Wordament Snap Attack". Wordament. May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
4. Anjum, Moin (May 5, 2014). "Wordament sequel Snap Attack to release this week for Windows Phone and Windows 8.1". WinBeta. Retrieved May 17, 2014.Anjum, Moin (May 5, 2014). "Wordament sequel Snap Attack to release this week for Windows Phone and Windows 8.1". WinBeta. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
5. Dudley, Brier (May 5, 2014). "‘Snap Attack’ builds on popular Microsoft game ‘Wordament’". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
6. Edmonds, Rich (May 5, 2014). "Wordament sequel 'Snap Attack' reportedly dropping for Windows Phone and Windows 8.1 tomorrow". Windows Phone Central. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
7. Gilbert-Lurie, Mikaela. "The Scrabble Dictionary Just Added A Bunch Of New Words, And This "Shizzle" Is "Ridic"". Bustle.com. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
8. "New Scrabble words? Not so ridic". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
9. "Crazy Two Letter Words Allowed In Scrabble". Retrieved 2015-06-08.
10. "Two-letter words - Oxford Dictionaries (US)". Retrieved 2015-06-04.
11. "Internet Scrabble Club word lists".
12. "Scrabble Words - Scrabble Two 2 Letter Words". Retrieved 2015-06-03.
13. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/13/national-scrabble-day-a-poem-so-you-ll-know-all-101-two-letter-words.html
14. "2 Letter Scrabble Words List". Retrieved 2015-06-03.

External links

• Wiktionary includes definitions of two-letter words and two letter abbreviations.
• Complete SOWPODS List
• Lookup words in SOWPODS