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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 game|letters games]] than others but may be of interest to word learners, especially for word-game variants on [[Apterous]].
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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===
 
===Words with unusual pairs of starting letters===
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* AO: AORIST(S), AORISTIC, AORTA(S), AORTIC, AOUDAD(S)
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* AY: AYAH(S), AYAHUASCA(S), AYATOLLAH(S), AYE(S), AYMAG(S), AYRE(S), AY(S), AYUH
 
* BD: BDELLIUM
 
* BD: BDELLIUM
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* BW: BWANA(S)
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* CN: CNIDARIAN(S)
 
* CS: CSARDAS
 
* CS: CSARDAS
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* CT: CTENE(S), CTENIDIA, CTENIDIUM, CTENOID, CTENOPHORAN(S), CTENOPHORE(S)
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* CW: CWM(S), CWTCH(ES)
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* DB: DBX
 
* DZ: DZHO(S), DZO(S)
 
* DZ: DZHO(S), DZO(S)
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* EH: EH
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* FJ: FJORD(S)
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* GW: GWAN, GWEILO(S), GWINE, GWYNIAD(S)
 
* HM: HMM
 
* HM: HMM
 
* HR: HRYVNA(S), HRYVNIA(S)
 
* HR: HRYVNA(S), HRYVNIA(S)
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* II: IIMBONGI (also IMBONGI), IIWI(S)
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* HW: HWYL
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* II: IIMBONGI, IIWI(S)
 
* IJ: IJTIHAD
 
* IJ: IJTIHAD
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* IK: IKAT(S), IKEBANA, IKIGAI(S), IKON(S)
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* IW: IWI
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* IX: IXIA(S), IXNAY(S), IXNAYED, IXNAYING, IXTLE
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* IZ: IZAKAYA(S), IZARD(S), IZIMBONGI, IZINYANGA, IZZAT
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* JH: JHEEL(S), JHIL(S), JHUGGI(S)
 
* KG: KGOTLA(S)
 
* KG: KGOTLA(S)
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* LL: LLAMA(S), LLANERO(S), LLANO(S)
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* LT: LTR
 
* LW: LWEI
 
* LW: LWEI
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* MC: MCHEDRULI(S)
 
* MG: MGANGA(S), MGQASHIYO(S)
 
* MG: MGANGA(S), MGQASHIYO(S)
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* MK: MKHEDRULI(S)
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* MH: MHALLA(S), MHEDRULI(S), MHO(S), MHORR(S), MHOWRA(S)
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* MK: MKAY, MKHEDRULI(S)
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* ML: MLUNGU(S)
 
* MM: MMKAY, MMM
 
* MM: MMKAY, MMM
 
* MP: MPINGO(S), MPRET(S)
 
* MP: MPINGO(S), MPRET(S)
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* MR: MRIDANGAM
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* MQ: MQHASHIYO(S)
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* MR: MRIDANGAM(S)
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* MS: MSASA(S)
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* MT: MTEPE(S)
 
* MV: MVULA(S), MVULE(S), MVULI(S)
 
* MV: MVULA(S), MVULE(S), MVULI(S)
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* MW: MWA, MWAH, MWAHAHAHA, MWCHIN(S)
 
* MX: MXEDRULI(S)
 
* MX: MXEDRULI(S)
 
* MZ: MZEE(S), MZUNGU(S)
 
* MZ: MZEE(S), MZUNGU(S)
 
* ND: NDUJA(S)
 
* ND: NDUJA(S)
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* NJ: NJET(S), NJIRL(S), NJIRLED, NJIRLING
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* NM: NMOLI(S)
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* NR: NRITTA(S), NRITYA(S), NRTTA(S), NRTYA(S)
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* NS: NSHIMA(S), NSIMA(S)
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* NT: NTH
 
* OJ: OJEK(S), OJIME(S)
 
* OJ: OJEK(S), OJIME(S)
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* PF: PFEFFERNUSS(ES), PFELLA(S), PFENNIG(S), PFFT, PFFTT, PFUI
 
* PW: PWE(S), PWN(S), PWNAGE, PWNED, PWNING
 
* PW: PWE(S), PWN(S), PWNAGE, PWNED, PWNING
 
* PZ: PZAZZ
 
* PZ: PZAZZ
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* QE: QENA(S)
 
* QW: QWERTYUIOP(S), QWOP(S), QWOPPED, QWOPPING (note: QWERTY is all-capitalised in the dictionary, so it is invalid)
 
* 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
 
* SF: SFORZANDI, SFORZANDO(S), SFORZATI, SFORZATO(S), SFUMATO
 
* SG: SGRAFFITI, SGRAFFITO
 
* SG: SGRAFFITI, SGRAFFITO
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* SJ: SJAMBOK(S), SJAMBOKKED, SJAMBOKKING
 
* SR: SRIGALA(S), SRIRACHA, [[Episode 6288|SRSLY]]
 
* SR: SRIGALA(S), SRIRACHA, [[Episode 6288|SRSLY]]
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* SV: SVELTE, SVELTER, SVELTEST
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* SZ: SZMOLNOKITE(S), SZOMOLNIKITE(S), SZOMOLNOKITE(S)
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* TB: TBAGGING(S)
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* 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)
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* UJ: UJAAMA
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* UF: UFOLOGICAL, UFOLOGIST(S), UFOLOGY
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* UH: UH, UHLAN(S)
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* UI: UINTAITE(S), UINTATHERE(S), UITLANDER(S)
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* UJ: UJAMAA
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* 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)
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* VR: VROOM(S), VROOMED, VROOMING, VROU(S), VROUW(S)
 
* VY: VYGIE(S), VYING
 
* VY: VYGIE(S), VYING
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* 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)
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* XU: XU
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* YC: YCLEPT
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* YL: YLEM, YLID(S), YLIDE(S), YLIDIC
 
* YN: YNGLING(S)
 
* YN: YNGLING(S)
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* ZL: ZLOTY(S), ZLOTIES
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* YP: YPERIT(S), YPERITE(S), YPRITE(S)
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* YT: YTTERBIUM, YTTRIUM
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* ZL: ZLOTIES, ZLOTY(S)
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* ZM: ZMIRAH, ZMIROT
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* ZU: ZUCCHETTO(S), ZUCCHINI(S), ZUGZWANG
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* ZW: ZWIEBACK(S), ZWITTERION(S), ZWITTERIONIC
  
 
===Words with unusual pairs of ending letters===
 
===Words with unusual pairs of ending letters===
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* AA: BAA, LIWAA, MAA, MIRAA, OOAA, RUFIYAA, UJAMAA
 
* BD: MICRORHABD, RHABD
 
* BD: MICRORHABD, RHABD
 
* BK: NABK
 
* BK: NABK
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* DH: BANDH, CEILIDH, EDH, FLEADH
 
* KR: DHIKR, ZIKR
 
* KR: DHIKR, ZIKR
 
* MH: OLLAMH
 
* MH: OLLAMH
 
* MT: DREAMT, UNDREAMT
 
* MT: DREAMT, UNDREAMT
 
* NF: SAUNF
 
* NF: SAUNF
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* NJ: MUNJ
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* NZ: ALLFINANZ, ROOIKRANZ, YENZ, YINZ, YUNZ
 
* PF: DUMMKOPF
 
* PF: DUMMKOPF
 
* QF: WAQF
 
* QF: WAQF
 
* QH: FIQH
 
* QH: FIQH
 
* RW: TMRW
 
* RW: TMRW
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* RZ: FAHLERZ, MITTELSCHMERZ, SCHMERZ
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* SZ: GROSZ
 
* TL: ATLATL, AXOLOTL, SHTETL
 
* TL: ATLATL, AXOLOTL, SHTETL
 
* UU: MUUMUU
 
* UU: MUUMUU
 
* UV: BRUV, ERUV, GUV, LUV
 
* UV: BRUV, ERUV, GUV, LUV
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* UZ: CUZ, WUZ
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* WM: CWM, SAWM, SHAWM
 
* WU: MAHEWU
 
* WU: MAHEWU
 
* XP: REGEXP
 
* XP: REGEXP

Latest revision as of 16:33, 7 February 2023

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 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, 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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