View source for Unusual beginnings and endings

Below is a list of words in [[Countdown]]'s source dictionary, [[Oxford Dictionaries Premium]], which begin and end with extremely rare combinations of letters. Some of these are more useful in standard [[letters game|letters games]] than others but may all be of interest to [[Apterous]] users, especially for letters variants.

===Words with unusual pairs of starting letters===
* AO: AORIST(S), AORISTIC, AORTA(S), AORTIC, AOUDAD(S)
* AY: AYAH(S), AYAHUASCA(S), AYATOLLAH(S), AYE(S), AYMAG(S), AYRE(S), AY(S), AYUH
* 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, [[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)
* 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

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