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* II: IIMBONGI, IIWI(S) | * II: IIMBONGI, IIWI(S) | ||
* IJ: IJTIHAD | * IJ: IJTIHAD | ||
| + | * IK: IKAT(S), IKEBANA, IKIGAI(S), IKON(S) | ||
| + | * IW: IWI | ||
| + | * IX: IXIA(S), IXNAY(S), IXNAYED, IXNAYING, IXTLE | ||
* IZ: IZAKAYA(S), IZARD(S), IZIMBONGI, IZINYANGA, IZZAT | * IZ: IZAKAYA(S), IZARD(S), IZIMBONGI, IZINYANGA, IZZAT | ||
* JH: JHEEL(S), JHIL(S), JHUGGI(S) | * JH: JHEEL(S), JHIL(S), JHUGGI(S) | ||
* KG: KGOTLA(S) | * KG: KGOTLA(S) | ||
| + | * LL: LLAMA(S), LLANERO(S), LLANO(S) | ||
| + | * LT: LTR | ||
* LW: LWEI | * LW: LWEI | ||
* MC: MCHEDRULI(S) | * MC: MCHEDRULI(S) | ||
* MG: MGANGA(S), MGQASHIYO(S) | * MG: MGANGA(S), MGQASHIYO(S) | ||
| − | * MK: MKHEDRULI(S) | + | * MH: MHALLA(S), MHEDRULI(S), MHO(S), MHORR(S), MHOWRA(S) |
| + | * MK: MKAY, MKHEDRULI(S) | ||
* ML: MLUNGU(S) | * ML: MLUNGU(S) | ||
* MM: MMKAY, MMM | * MM: MMKAY, MMM | ||
* MP: MPINGO(S), MPRET(S) | * MP: MPINGO(S), MPRET(S) | ||
| − | * MR: MRIDANGAM | + | * MQ: MQHASHIYO(S) |
| + | * MR: MRIDANGAM(S) | ||
| + | * MS: MSASA(S) | ||
| + | * MT: MTEPE(S) | ||
* MV: MVULA(S), MVULE(S), MVULI(S) | * MV: MVULA(S), MVULE(S), MVULI(S) | ||
* MW: MWA, MWAH, MWAHAHAHA, MWCHIN(S) | * MW: MWA, MWAH, MWAHAHAHA, MWCHIN(S) | ||
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* MZ: MZEE(S), MZUNGU(S) | * MZ: MZEE(S), MZUNGU(S) | ||
* ND: NDUJA(S) | * ND: NDUJA(S) | ||
| + | * NJ: NJET(S), NJIRL(S), NJIRLED, NJIRLING | ||
| + | * NM: NMOLI(S) | ||
| + | * NR: NRITTA(S), NRITYA(S), NRTTA(S), NRTYA(S) | ||
| + | * NS: NSHIMA(S), NSIMA(S) | ||
| + | * NT: NTH | ||
* OJ: OJEK(S), OJIME(S) | * OJ: OJEK(S), OJIME(S) | ||
* PF: PFEFFERNUSS(ES), PFELLA(S), PFENNIG(S), PFFT, PFFTT, PFUI | * PF: PFEFFERNUSS(ES), PFELLA(S), PFENNIG(S), PFFT, PFFTT, PFUI | ||
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* SF: SFORZANDI, SFORZANDO(S), SFORZATI, SFORZATO(S), SFUMATO | * SF: SFORZANDI, SFORZANDO(S), SFORZATI, SFORZATO(S), SFUMATO | ||
* SG: SGRAFFITI, SGRAFFITO | * SG: SGRAFFITI, SGRAFFITO | ||
| + | * SJ: SJAMBOK(S), SJAMBOKKED, SJAMBOKKING | ||
* SR: SRIGALA(S), SRIRACHA, [[Episode 6288|SRSLY]] | * SR: SRIGALA(S), SRIRACHA, [[Episode 6288|SRSLY]] | ||
| + | * SV: SVELTE, SVELTER, SVELTEST | ||
| + | * SZ: SZMOLNOKITE(S), SZOMOLNIKITE(S), SZOMOLNOKITE(S) | ||
| + | * TB: TBAGGING(S) | ||
| + | * TC: TCH, TCHAGRA(S), TCHOTCHKE(S), TCHOTCHKELEH(S) | ||
* TJ: TJILPI(S) | * TJ: TJILPI(S) | ||
* TM: TMESES, TMESIS, TMRW | * TM: TMESES, TMESIS, TMRW | ||
* UA: UAKARI(S) | * UA: UAKARI(S) | ||
| − | * UJ: | + | * UF: UFOLOGICAL, UFOLOGIST(S), UFOLOGY |
| + | * UH: UH, UHLAN(S) | ||
| + | * UI: UINTAITE(S), UINTATHERE(S), UITLANDER(S) | ||
| + | * UJ: UJAMAA | ||
| + | * UK: UKASE(S), UKE(S), UKELELE(S), UKULELE(S) | ||
* UX: UXORIAL, UXORICIDAL, UXORICIDE(S), UXORILOCAL, UXORIOUS(LY), UXORIOUSNESS(ES) | * UX: UXORIAL, UXORICIDAL, UXORICIDE(S), UXORILOCAL, UXORIOUS(LY), UXORIOUSNESS(ES) | ||
| + | * VR: VROOM(S), VROOMED, VROOMING, VROU(S), VROUW(S) | ||
* VY: VYGIE(S), VYING | * VY: VYGIE(S), VYING | ||
| + | * XI: XI(S), XIPHIOID(S), XIPHISTERNUM(S), XIPHOID, XIPHOSURID(S) | ||
* XL: XLNT | * XL: XLNT | ||
* XO: XOANA, XOANON, XOLOITZCUINTLE(S), XOLOITZCUINTLI(S), XOLO(S) | * XO: XOANA, XOANON, XOLOITZCUINTLE(S), XOLOITZCUINTLI(S), XOLO(S) | ||
| + | * XU: XU | ||
* YC: YCLEPT | * YC: YCLEPT | ||
| − | * YL: YLEM, YLID(S), YLIDE(S) | + | * YL: YLEM, YLID(S), YLIDE(S), YLIDIC |
* YN: YNGLING(S) | * YN: YNGLING(S) | ||
* YP: YPERIT(S), YPERITE(S), YPRITE(S) | * YP: YPERIT(S), YPERITE(S), YPRITE(S) | ||
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* ZL: ZLOTIES, ZLOTY(S) | * ZL: ZLOTIES, ZLOTY(S) | ||
* ZM: ZMIRAH, ZMIROT | * ZM: ZMIRAH, ZMIROT | ||
| + | * ZU: ZUCCHETTO(S), ZUCCHINI(S), ZUGZWANG | ||
| + | * ZW: ZWIEBACK(S), ZWITTERION(S), ZWITTERIONIC | ||
===Words with unusual pairs of ending letters=== | ===Words with unusual pairs of ending letters=== | ||
Revision as of 01:12, 16 September 2021
Below is a list of words in Countdown's source dictionary, Oxford Dictionaries Online, which begin and end with extremely rare combinations of letters. Some of these are more useful in standard letters games than others but may be of interest to word learners, especially for word-game variants on Apterous.
Contents
Words with unusual pairs of starting letters
- AO: AORIST(S), AORISTIC, AORTA(S), AORTIC, AOUDAD(S)
- BD: BDELLIUM
- BW: BWANA(S)
- CN: CNIDARIAN(S)
- CS: CSARDAS
- CT: CTENE(S), CTENIDIA, CTENIDIUM, CTENOID, CTENOPHORAN(S), CTENOPHORE(S)
- CW: CWM(S), CWTCH(ES)
- DB: DBX
- DZ: DZHO(S), DZO(S)
- EH: EH
- FJ: FJORD(S)
- GW: GWAN, GWEILO(S), GWINE, GWYNIAD(S)
- HM: HMM
- HR: HRYVNA(S), HRYVNIA(S)
- HW: HWYL
- II: IIMBONGI, IIWI(S)
- IJ: IJTIHAD
- IK: IKAT(S), IKEBANA, IKIGAI(S), IKON(S)
- IW: IWI
- IX: IXIA(S), IXNAY(S), IXNAYED, IXNAYING, IXTLE
- IZ: IZAKAYA(S), IZARD(S), IZIMBONGI, IZINYANGA, IZZAT
- JH: JHEEL(S), JHIL(S), JHUGGI(S)
- KG: KGOTLA(S)
- LL: LLAMA(S), LLANERO(S), LLANO(S)
- LT: LTR
- LW: LWEI
- MC: MCHEDRULI(S)
- MG: MGANGA(S), MGQASHIYO(S)
- MH: MHALLA(S), MHEDRULI(S), MHO(S), MHORR(S), MHOWRA(S)
- MK: MKAY, MKHEDRULI(S)
- ML: MLUNGU(S)
- MM: MMKAY, MMM
- MP: MPINGO(S), MPRET(S)
- MQ: MQHASHIYO(S)
- MR: MRIDANGAM(S)
- MS: MSASA(S)
- MT: MTEPE(S)
- MV: MVULA(S), MVULE(S), MVULI(S)
- MW: MWA, MWAH, MWAHAHAHA, MWCHIN(S)
- MX: MXEDRULI(S)
- MZ: MZEE(S), MZUNGU(S)
- ND: NDUJA(S)
- NJ: NJET(S), NJIRL(S), NJIRLED, NJIRLING
- NM: NMOLI(S)
- NR: NRITTA(S), NRITYA(S), NRTTA(S), NRTYA(S)
- NS: NSHIMA(S), NSIMA(S)
- NT: NTH
- OJ: OJEK(S), OJIME(S)
- PF: PFEFFERNUSS(ES), PFELLA(S), PFENNIG(S), PFFT, PFFTT, PFUI
- PW: PWE(S), PWN(S), PWNAGE, PWNED, PWNING
- PZ: PZAZZ
- QE: QENA(S)
- QW: QWERTYUIOP(S), QWOP(S), QWOPPED, QWOPPING (note: QWERTY is all-capitalised in the dictionary, so it is invalid)
- SF: SFORZANDI, SFORZANDO(S), SFORZATI, SFORZATO(S), SFUMATO
- SG: SGRAFFITI, SGRAFFITO
- SJ: SJAMBOK(S), SJAMBOKKED, SJAMBOKKING
- SR: SRIGALA(S), SRIRACHA, SRSLY
- SV: SVELTE, SVELTER, SVELTEST
- SZ: SZMOLNOKITE(S), SZOMOLNIKITE(S), SZOMOLNOKITE(S)
- TB: TBAGGING(S)
- TC: TCH, TCHAGRA(S), TCHOTCHKE(S), TCHOTCHKELEH(S)
- TJ: TJILPI(S)
- TM: TMESES, TMESIS, TMRW
- UA: UAKARI(S)
- UF: UFOLOGICAL, UFOLOGIST(S), UFOLOGY
- UH: UH, UHLAN(S)
- UI: UINTAITE(S), UINTATHERE(S), UITLANDER(S)
- UJ: UJAMAA
- UK: UKASE(S), UKE(S), UKELELE(S), UKULELE(S)
- UX: UXORIAL, UXORICIDAL, UXORICIDE(S), UXORILOCAL, UXORIOUS(LY), UXORIOUSNESS(ES)
- VR: VROOM(S), VROOMED, VROOMING, VROU(S), VROUW(S)
- VY: VYGIE(S), VYING
- XI: XI(S), XIPHIOID(S), XIPHISTERNUM(S), XIPHOID, XIPHOSURID(S)
- XL: XLNT
- XO: XOANA, XOANON, XOLOITZCUINTLE(S), XOLOITZCUINTLI(S), XOLO(S)
- XU: XU
- YC: YCLEPT
- YL: YLEM, YLID(S), YLIDE(S), YLIDIC
- YN: YNGLING(S)
- YP: YPERIT(S), YPERITE(S), YPRITE(S)
- YT: YTTERBIUM, YTTRIUM
- ZL: ZLOTIES, ZLOTY(S)
- ZM: ZMIRAH, ZMIROT
- ZU: ZUCCHETTO(S), ZUCCHINI(S), ZUGZWANG
- ZW: ZWIEBACK(S), ZWITTERION(S), ZWITTERIONIC
Words with unusual pairs of ending letters
- AA: BAA, LIWAA, MAA, MIRAA, OOAA, RUFIYAA, UJAMAA
- BD: MICRORHABD, RHABD
- BK: NABK
- DH: BANDH, CEILIDH, EDH, FLEADH
- KR: DHIKR, ZIKR
- MH: OLLAMH
- MT: DREAMT, UNDREAMT
- NF: SAUNF
- NZ: ALLFINANZ, ROOIKRANZ, YENZ, YINZ, YUNZ
- PF: DUMMKOPF
- QF: WAQF
- QH: FIQH
- RW: TMRW
- RZ: FAHLERZ, MITTELSCHMERZ, SCHMERZ
- SZ: GROSZ
- TL: ATLATL, AXOLOTL, SHTETL
- UU: MUUMUU
- UV: BRUV, ERUV, GUV, LUV
- UZ: CUZ, WUZ
- WM: CWM, SAWM, SHAWM
- WU: MAHEWU
- XP: REGEXP
- YI: BALOYI, PONGYI, YI
- ZU: KANZU, KUDZU, NEMBUTZU, PONZU, YUZU
End in J
- BASEEJ
- BASIJ
- HAJ
- HAJJ
- MUNJ
- PAKHAWAJ
- PLASAJ
- RAJ
- TAJ
- TEJ
End in Q
- CINQ
- FUNDUQ
- NASTALIQ
- QIVIUQ
- QULLIQ
- RAFIQ
- RIQ
- RIQQ
- SUQ
- TALAQ
