Two-letter Scrabble words
107 words in NWL2023127 words in CSW24 · switch lists at the bottom of the page
There are 107 two-letter words in the NASPA Word List 2023 (used in the United States and Canada) and 127 in Collins Scrabble Words 2024 (used everywhere else). Memorising them is the single highest-value thing a Scrabble player can do: they let you play parallel to existing words, score in two directions at once, and get rid of a stubborn Q, X or Z.
Every word below links to its own page with the full definition, point value, hooks and anagrams. Use the switch at the bottom of the page to show only the list you play with.
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- AArough, cindery lava
- ABa muscle in the abdomen
- ADan advertisement
- AEone
- AGagriculture
- AHto aah
- AIa three-toed sloth
- ALan East Indian tree
- AMBE, to have actuality
- ANused before words beginning with a vowel sound
- ARthe letter R
- ASto the same degree
- ATto respond to someone online with notification
- AWused to express protest, disgust, or disbelief
- AXto work on with a certain type of cutting tool
- AYaye
- BAthe eternal soul, in Egyptian mythology
- BEto have actuality
- BIa bisexual
- BOa pal
- BYa pass in certain card games
- CHa dialect form of I, also CHE
- DAdad
- DEof
- DIDEUS, (Latin) god
- DOthe first tone of the diatonic musical scale
- EA(dialect) a river
- EDeducation
- EE(Scots) an eye
- EFthe letter F
- EHused to express doubt or surprise
- ELan elevated railroad or train
- EMa typographic unit
- ENhalf of an em
- ERused to express hesitation
- ESess
- ETEAT, to consume food
- EWexpressing disgust
- EXto cross out
- FAthe fourth tone of the diatonic musical scale
- FEa Hebrew letter
- FYexpressing disapproval
- GIa white garment worn in martial arts
- GOa Japanese board game
- GU(Old Norse) an old Shetland viol, also GUE, GJU
- HAa sound of surprise
- HEa male person
- HIused as a greeting
- HMhmm
- HOa prostitute
- IDa part of the psyche
- IFa possibility
- INto harvest
- IOa cry of joy
- ISBE, to have actuality
- ITthe third person singular neuter pronoun
- JA(German) yes
- JOa sweetheart
- KAthe spiritual self of a human being in Egyptian religion
- KIqi
- KO(Maori) a Maori digging-stick
- KYcattle, also KYE
- LAthe sixth tone of the diatonic musical scale
- LIa Chinese unit of distance
- LOused to attract attention or to express surprise
- MAmother
- MEan ego
- MIthe third tone of the diatonic musical scale
- MMused to express assent or satisfaction
- MOa moment
- MUa Greek letter
- MYthe possessive form of the pronoun I
- NAno
- NEborn with the name of
- NOa negative reply
- NUa Greek letter
- NYto approach, also NIE, NIGH, NYE
- OB(short for) an objection
- ODa hypothetical force of natural power
- OEa whirlwind off the Faeroe islands
- OFcoming from
- OHto exclaim in surprise, pain, or desire
- OIoy
- OKokay
- OMa mantra used in contemplation of ultimate reality
- ONthe side of the wicket where a batsman stands in cricket
- OO(Scots) wool
- OPa style of abstract art
- ORthe heraldic color gold
- OSa bone
- OU(South African) a man, a bloke
- OWused to express sudden pain
- OXa clumsy person
- OYused to express dismay or pain
- PAa father
- PEa Hebrew letter
- PIa Greek letter
- POa chamber pot
- QIthe vital force that in Chinese thought is inherent in all things
- REthe second tone of the diatonic musical scale
- SHused to urge silence
- SIti
- SOsol
- SThush
- TAan expression of gratitude
- TEti
- TIthe seventh tone of the diatonic musical scale
- TOin the direction of
- UGto arouse loathing in
- UHused to express hesitation
- UMto hesitate or pause in speaking
- UNone
- UPto raise
- URexpressing hesitation
- USthe objective case of the pronoun we
- UTthe musical tone C in the French solmization system now replaced by do
- WEthe first person nominative plural pronoun
- WOwoe
- XIa Greek letter
- XUa monetary unit of Vietnam
- YAan Asian pear
- YEyou
- YOused to call attention or to express affirmation
- YU(Chinese) a precious jade
- ZAa pizza
- ZEused as a gender-neutral third person singular subjective pronoun
- ZO(Tibetan) a cross between a yak and a cow, also DSO, DZHO, DZO, ZHO
Common questions
- How many two-letter words are there in Scrabble?
- 107 in NWL2023 (North America) and 127 in CSW24 (Collins, international).
- Which two-letter words use Q, X or Z?
- QI, XI, XU, AX, EX, OX, ZA and (in CSW24) ZE and ZO. QI and ZA are the most useful because they let you dump a 10-point tile on a premium square.
- Is IQ a valid Scrabble word?
- No. IQ is not in NWL2023 or CSW24.