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* DZ: DZHO(S), DZO(S) | * DZ: DZHO(S), DZO(S) | ||
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* FJ: FJORD(S) | * FJ: FJORD(S) | ||
* GW: GWAN, GWEILO(S), GWINE, GWYNIAD(S) | * GW: GWAN, GWEILO(S), GWINE, GWYNIAD(S) |
Revision as of 11:57, 26 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