The grid
Two-letter words
One hundred and seven of them in NASPA Word List 2023 / NWL2023. Parallel plays, hooks, and tight boards all run through this list. QI is the only Q.
107 words
- 2
AA
rough lava
- 4
AB
an abdominal muscle
- 3
AD
an advertisement
- 2
AE
one, in Scots
- 3
AG
agriculture
- 5
AH
to exclaim ah
- 2
AI
a three-toed sloth
- 2
AL
an East Indian tree
- 4
AM
first person of be
- 2
AN
indefinite article
- 2
AR
the letter R
- 2
AS
to the same degree
- 2
AT
in the position of
- 5
AW
to express sympathy
- 9
AX
a chopping tool
- 5
AY
an affirmative vote
- 4
BA
the soul, in Egyptian myth
- 4
BE
to exist
- 4
BI
a bisexual person
- 4
BO
a pal
- 7
BY
a side issue; near
- 3
DA
a heavy Burmese knife
- 3
DE
of; from (in names)
- 3
DO
to perform
- 3
ED
education
- 5
EF
the letter F
- 5
EH
to express doubt
- 2
EL
an elevated railway
- 4
EM
a printing measure
- 2
EN
a printing measure
- 2
ER
used to express hesitation
- 2
ES
the letter S
- 2
ET
past of eat (dialect)
- 5
EW
used to express disgust
- 9
EX
a former spouse
- 5
FA
a musical note
- 5
FE
a Hebrew letter
- 3
GI
a martial-arts uniform
- 3
GO
to move along
- 5
HA
a sound of surprise
- 5
HE
a male person
- 5
HI
an expression of greeting
- 7
HM
used to express thought
- 5
HO
to cry ho
- 3
ID
a part of the psyche
- 5
IF
a condition
- 2
IN
to enclose
- 2
IS
third person of be
- 2
IT
a neuter pronoun
- 9
JO
a sweetheart, in Scots
- 6
KA
the spirit, in Egyptian myth
- 6
KI
the vital force; variant of qi
- 2
LA
a musical note
- 2
LI
a Chinese unit of distance
- 2
LO
look; see
- 4
MA
mother
- 4
ME
the objective case of I
- 4
MI
a musical note
- 6
MM
an expression of satisfaction
- 4
MO
a moment
- 4
MU
a Greek letter
- 7
MY
belonging to me
- 2
NA
no, in Scots
- 2
NE
born with the name of
- 2
NO
a negative reply
- 2
NU
a Greek letter
- 3
OD
a hypothetical force
- 2
OE
a whirlwind off the Faroes
- 5
OF
coming from
- 5
OH
to exclaim oh
- 2
OI
a shout to attract attention
- 6
OK
all right
- 4
OM
a mantra
- 2
ON
to go on
- 4
OP
a style of abstract art
- 2
OR
gold, in heraldry
- 2
OS
a bone
- 5
OW
used to express pain
- 9
OX
a bovine animal
- 5
OY
a grandchild, in Scots
- 4
PA
father
- 4
PE
a Hebrew letter
- 4
PI
a Greek letter
- 4
PO
a chamber pot
- 11
QI
the vital force
- 2
RE
a musical note
- 5
SH
used to urge silence
- 2
SI
a musical note
- 2
SO
to the extent that
- 2
TA
an expression of thanks
- 2
TE
a musical note
- 2
TI
a musical note
- 2
TO
in the direction of
- 5
UH
used to express hesitation
- 4
UM
used to express hesitation
- 2
UN
one, in dialect
- 4
UP
to raise
- 2
US
the objective case of we
- 2
UT
the musical note do
- 5
WE
the first person plural
- 5
WO
woe
- 9
XI
a Greek letter
- 9
XU
a Vietnamese monetary unit
- 5
YA
you, in dialect
- 5
YE
you, in archaic English
- 5
YO
used to attract attention
- 11
ZA
a pizza
Power twos
J, Q, X, and Z are the tiles you cannot afford to sit on. These are the only two-letter exits.
a chopping tool
a former spouse
a sweetheart, in Scots
a bovine animal
the vital force
a Greek letter
a Vietnamese monetary unit
a pizza