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 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