2-Letter Words

There are 106 2-letter words in our list, and 41 of them are common everyday words, like AD, BY, HO, MU. Common words are listed first; less common and rare words follow.

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Common words (41)

  • ad
  • ah
  • am
  • an
  • as
  • at
  • ax
  • be
  • by
  • do
  • eh
  • em
  • go
  • ha
  • he
  • hi
  • ho
  • id
  • if
  • in
  • is
  • it
  • ma
  • me
  • mu
  • my
  • no
  • of
  • oh
  • ok
  • on
  • or
  • ox
  • pa
  • pi
  • re
  • so
  • to
  • up
  • us
  • we

Less common and rare words (65)

  • aa
  • ab
  • ae
  • ag
  • ai
  • al
  • ar
  • aw
  • ay
  • ba
  • bi
  • bo
  • da
  • de
  • ed
  • ef
  • el
  • en
  • er
  • es
  • ew
  • ex
  • fa
  • fe
  • gi
  • hm
  • jo
  • ka
  • ki
  • la
  • li
  • lo
  • mi
  • mm
  • mo
  • na
  • ne
  • nu
  • od
  • oe
  • oi
  • om
  • op
  • os
  • ow
  • oy
  • pe
  • po
  • qi
  • sh
  • si
  • ta
  • te
  • ti
  • uh
  • um
  • un
  • ut
  • wo
  • xi
  • xu
  • ya
  • ye
  • yo
  • za

How to use it

  1. Scan the common words first; most word-game answers come from them.
  2. Use the links to narrow the list.
  3. To find words from specific letters, use the word unscrambler.

Tips

  • The most frequent letter in each position of common 2-letter words: A · O.
  • Two-letter words are the secret weapon in Scrabble and Words With Friends: they let you play parallel to other words for extra points.
  • High-scoring two-letter plays: QI, ZA, XI, XU, JO, KA, OX and AX.
  • Most common first letters: A (7), O (6), I (5), H (4), M (4).

Questions

How many 2-letter words are there?

106 in this word list, which is based on SCOWL (about 110,000 English words). About 41 are common words.