Two-letter words summary for learning ONLY SAMPLE

Short words | 5

YE S you YO expression used as a greeting YU S jade ZA S pizza ZO S Tibetan breed of cattle

Two-letter words summary for learning A: AA AB AD AE AG AH AI AL AM AN AR AS AT AW AX AY B: BA BE BI BO BY

Y C: CH

D: DA DE DI DO

L E: EA ED EE EF EH EL EM EN ER ES ET EX

F: FA FE FY G: GI GO GU H: HA HE HI HM HO

N I: ID IF IN IO IS IT

J: JA JO

O K: KA KI KO KY

L: LA LI LO M: MA ME MI MM MO MU MY N: NA NE NO NU NY O: OB OD OE OF OH OI OM ON OO OP OR OS OU OW OX OY P: PA PE PI PO

E Q: QI

R: RE

L S: SH SI SO ST

T: TA TE TI TO U: UG UH UM UN UP UR US UT

P V: -

W: WE WO X: XI XU Y: YA YE YO YU

M Z: ZA ZO AThree-letter words SThree-letter words are a natural progression from two-letter words. They are

an essential weapon in every Scrabble player's armoury. It's worth trying to become familiar with them all, but if that's a tall order then you should at least focus on those that can be formed as one-letter extensions (hooks) of two-letter words (before or after) and strive to be familiar with those that contain a higher-scoring letter (three points or more).

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6 | Short words

There are 1,341 valid three-letter words in Scrabble, all of which are listed in this section, showing which can take an ?S extension. The list includes plurals of two-letter words to emphasise these. Not all the threes are valuable in Scrabble but are all listed here for completeness.

AAH S

ALL S

AUA S

AAL S

ALP S

AUE

AAS

ALS

AUF S

ABA S

ALT S

AUK S

ABB S

ALU S

AVA S

ABO S

AMA S

AVE S

ABS

AME S

AVO S

ABY S

AMI S

AWA

ACE S

AMP S

AWE S

ACH

AMU S

AWK S

ACT S

ANA S

AWL S

ADD S

AND S

AWN S

ADO S

ANE S

AXE S

ADS ADZ AFF AFT AGA S

E AGE S

AGO

L AGS

AHA AHI S

P AHS

AIA S AID S AIL S

M AIM S

AIN S AIR S

AAIS

AIT S

SAJI S

ANI S ANN S ANS ANT S ANY APE S APO S APP S APT S ARB S ARC S ARD S ARE S ARF S ARK S ARM S ARS ART S ARY ASH

AYE S AYS AYU S AZO BAA S BAC S BAD S BAG S BAH BAL S BAM S BAN S BAP S BAR S BAS S BAT S BAY S BED S BEE S BEG S

AKA S

ASK S

BEL S

AKE S

ASP S

BEN S

ALA S

ASS

BES

ALB S

ATE S

BET S

ALE S

ATS

BEY S

ALF S

ATT

BEZ

BIB S BID S BIG S BIN S

Y BIO S

BIS

L BIT S

BIZ BOA S BOB S

N BOD S

BOG S

OBOH S

CAA S CAB S CAD S CAF S CAG S CAL CAM S CAN S CAP S CAR S CAT S CAW S CAY S

BOI S

CAZ

BOK S

CEE S

BON

CEL S

BOO S

CEP S

BOP S

CHA S

BOR S

CHE

BOS S

CHI S

BOT S

CID S

BOW S

CIG S

BOX

CIS

BOY S

CIT S

BRA S

CLY

BRO S

COB S

BRR

COD S

BRU S

COG S

BUB S

COL S

BUD S

CON S

BUG S

COO S

BUM S

COP S

BUN S

COR S

BUR S

COS S

BUS S

COT S

BUT S

COW S

BUY S

COX

BYE S

COY S

BYS

COZ

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8 | Power tiles

Three-letter words

QAT S white-flowered evergreen shrub whose leaves have narcotic properties

QIN S type of Chinese zither

QUA in the capacity of

SUQ S (in Muslim countries) a marketplace

Four-letter words AQUA S CINQ S

Note Y FIQHS

QADI S

L QAID S

QOPH S QUAD S QUAG S

N QUAI S

QUAT S

O QUAY S

QUEP QUEY S QUID S QUIM S QUIN S QUIP S QUIT S QUIZ QUOD S QUOP S WAQF S

With so many short Q words taking an ?S plural, including the similar word QUOP, it's easy to forget that QUEP does not take an ?S. However, it might also be played to trap your opponent into losing a turn.

Five-letter words AQUAE BURQA S COQUI S

E EQUAL S

EQUES

L EQUID S

EQUIP S FAQIR S

P FIQUE S

GUQIN S MAQUI S NIQAB S

M PIQUE S

QAJAQ S

SNAote QANAT S

QIBLA S QORMA S QUACK S QUAFF S QUAIL S QUAIR S QUAKE S QUAKY QUALE QUALM S QUANT S QUARE QUARK S QUART S QUASH

QUASI QUASS QUATE S QUAYD QUBIT S QUEAN S QUEEN S QUEER S QUELL S QUEME S QUENA S QUERN S QUERY QUEST S QUEUE S QUEYN S QUICH QUICK S

Both QURSH and QUYTE are

QUIET S

QUINO S QUINT S QUIPO S QUIPU S QUIRE S QUIRK S QUIRT S QUIST S QUITE S QUOAD QUOIF S QUOIN S QUOIT S QUOLL S QUONK S QUOTA S QUOTE S QUOTH QURSH

especially difficult to spot because

QUIFF S

QUYTE S

you are unlikely to put anything

QUILL S

ROQUE S

other than AEIOU after a QU in

QUILT S

SQUAB S

looking for possible plays.

QUINA S

SQUAD S

QUINE S

SQUAT S

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6 | Word families

SAMPLE ONLY

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FAXED MAXED RAXED TAXED WAXED

WAXEN

JAXIE s

WAXY JAXY

CAXON s

TAXON s

TAXOL s TAXOR s TAXUS

TAXA TAXI s MAXI s

MAXIM s

UNTAX DEWAX

RETAX REWAX RELAX

LAXLY

COAX

ATAXY

HOAX

BRAXY

FAXES MAXES RAXES TAXES WAXES

TAXER s WAXER s LAXER

FLAXY

FAX

FLAX

MAX

mRAX TAX WAX

ax

AXED

AXE s

AXING

AXAL AXEL s AXIL s AXLE s AXIS AXON s

LAXES

LAX

PAXES SAXES

PAX SAX

SAXE s

ZAXES

ZAX

AXMAN

AXMEN

ADDAX

GALAX MALAX HAPAX PANAX LIMAX BORAX HYRAX

AXLED

AXIAL AXILE AXITE s

AXOID s AXONE s

AXIOM s AXION s

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s = word takes an ?S extension

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MISSPACE S

MISSTEER S

MISTOUCH

MISTYPED

MISSPEAK S

MISSTYLE S

MISTRACE S

MISUNION S

MISSPELL S

MISTAKEN

MISTRAIN S

MISUSAGE S

MISSPELT

MISTAKER S

MISTREAT S

MISUSING

MISSPEND S MISSPENT MISSPOKE MISSTAMP S MISSTART S

Y MISSTATE S

MISTEACH MISTHINK S MISTHREW MISTHROW S MISTIMED MISTITLE S

MISTRIAL S MISTRUST S MISTRUTH S MISTRYST S MISTUNED MISTUTOR S

MISVALUE S MISWRITE S MISWROTE MISYOKED

L Words beginning with the prefix NON

An s shows that a word can take a valid ?s hook.

N Words are excluded that happen to take the prefix NON but are not genuine O NON- words. Thus words such as NONARY NONAGON are omitted.

Six-letter NON words

NONAGE S

NONFAT

NONART S

NONGAY S

NONEGO S

NONMAN

E NONFAN S

NONMEN

L Seven-letter NON words

NONACID S

NONFOOD S

NONAGED

NONFUEL S

P NONBANK S

NONGAME

NONBODY

NONHEME

NONBOOK S

NONHERO

NONCASH

NONHOME

M NONCOLA S

NONIRON

NONCORE

NONJURY

NONDRIP

NONLIFE

ANONDRUG

NONMEAT S

NONFACT S

NONNEWS

SNONFARM

NONOILY

NONPAR NONRUN NONTAX NONUSE S

NONORAL NONPAID NONPAST S NONPEAK S NONPLAY S NONPLUS NONPOOR S NONPROS NONSELF NONSKED S NONSKID NONSLIP

NONWAR S

NONSTOP S NONSUCH NONSUIT S NONUSER S NONWAGE NONWOOL NONWORD S NONWORK S NONZERO

Eight-letter NON words

NONACTOR S

NONBLACK S

NONADULT S

NONBRAND

NONBASIC

NONCLASS

NONBEING S

NONCLING

NONCOLOR S NONCOUNT NONCRIME S NONDAIRY

NONDANCE S NONELECT NONELITE NONEMPTY

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