Scrabble's 2-Letter Words - Defined

Ok, so you've memorized the list of valid 2-letter words, but when challenged after playing one, can you smugly demonstrate your dominating intellect by spouting out the proper definition?

If you're anything like me, chances are you'll find yourself babbling something defensibly about the 2-letter word list you spent hours memorizing because you're that much of a Scrabble nerd.

Well, if you really are that much of a Scrabble nerd, you're in luck! I present for you the complete list of Scrabble's 2-letter words along with their definitions (and whether you can extend them with an "S", an "ES", or something a little more bizarre (EEN, for instance).

Enjoy.

A

AA - Rough jagged lava found in Hawaiian volcanoes.

AB - An abdominal muscle.

AD - A short form of advertisement.

AE - One -- Can be extended with "S".

AG - Agriculture

AH - To say "Ah" for joy. Ex: "Ah Ha!".

AI - A three-toed South American sloth.

AL - An East Indian tree.

AM - A present tense of the verb be. -- Can be extended with "S".

AN - A form of the indefinite article. -- Can be extended with "S".

AR - The letter "R". (seriously)

AS - To that extent.

AT - In the position of. -- Can be extended with "S".

AW - Exclamation of disappointment. -- Can be extended with "S".

AX - To work on with an axe.

AY - An affirmative vote -- Can be extended with "E".

B

BA - The eternal spirit in Egyptian mythology.

BE - To exist.

BI - A bisexual person.

BO - Slang for friend.

BY - Near; A side issue. -- Can be extended with "S".

C

CH - English dial. for I. -- Can be extended with "S".

D

DA - A Burmese heavy knife.

DE - Preposition meaning of or from, in names. -- Can be extended with "S".

DI - A plural of deus (a god).

DO - To achieve; A celebration. -- Can be extended with "S" or "ES".

E

EA - A river.

ED - Education.

EE - Scots. dial. for eye. -- Can be extended with "N" or "S".

EF - The letter "F". (seriously)

EH - To say "Eh" for surprise.

EL - An elevated railway.

EM - A printer's measure.

EN - Another printer's measure. (half of an EM)

ER - An expression of hesitation.

ES - The letter "S". -- Can be extended with "ES".

ET - A past tense of eat. -- Can be extended with "S".

EX - The letter "X". (seriously) -- Can be extended with "ES".

F

FA - A musical note.

FE - A Hebrew letter.

FY - An interj. expressing disgust (also FIE). -- Can be extended with "S".

G

GI - A judo or karate costume.

GO - To depart; a Japanese board game. -- Can be extended with "S" or "ES".

GU - A simple violin used in Shetland. (also GJU, GUE)

H

HA - An exclamation of surprise.

HE - A male.

HI - An exclamation of greeting.

HM - Interj. expressing thoughtful consideration. -- Can be extended with "S".

HO - Interj. calling attention.

I

ID - Part of the psyche.

IF - A condition.

IN - To harvest.

IO - A cry of joy.

IS - A present tense of be. -- Can be extended with "S".

IT - Impersonal pronoun.

J

JA - Yes.

JO - A sweetheart. -- Can be extended with "ES".

K

KA - To serve. -- Can be extended with "E".

KI - The spirit of Japanese martial art. Also, see QI.

KO - A Maori digging stick.

KY - Cows. -- Can be extended with "E" or "S".

L

LA - A musical note.

LI - A Chinese distance unit.

LO - Look, behold.

M

MA - Mother.

ME - A musical note.

MI - Also a musical note (same as ME, above).

MM - Exclamation of satisfaction. -- Can be extended with "S".

MO - A moment.

MU - A Greek letter.

MY - Belonging to me. -- Can be extended with "S".

N

NA - Interj. of disbelief.

NE - Arch. form of not. -- Can be extended with "S".

NO - A no vote. -- Can be extended with "ES".

NU - A Greek letter.

NY - To approach. -- Can be extended with "S" or "ES".

O

OB - An objection.

OD - A mystic universal force.

OE - A grandchild in Scotland (also OY, & OYE).

OF - Belonging to. -- Can be extended with "S".

OH - To exclaim "Oh" for surprise.

OI - Interj. calling attention. -- Can be extended with "S".

OM - A syllable intoned as part of a mantra.

ON - To go on.

OO - Wool.

OP - An abstract art style.

OR - The heraldic color gold.

OS - A bone. -- Can be extended with "ES".

OU - A bloke.

OW - Interj. expressing pain. -- Can be extended with "S".

OX - A mammal with hooves. -- Can be extended with "ES".

OY - Same as OE, above.

P

PA - Father.

PE - A Hebrew letter -- Can be extended with "H".

PI - To jumble or disorder.

PO - A chamber pot.

Q

QI - A Chinese life force.

R

RE - A musical note.

S

SH - Interj. requesting silence. -- Can be extended with "S".

SI - A musical note.

SO - A musical note (also SOH).

ST - An exclamation of impatience. -- Can be extended with "S".

T

TA - Thanks.

TE - A musical note.

TI - A small tree.

TO - As far as.

U

UG - To cause hatred.

UH - Interj. expressing disbelief. -- Can be extended with "S".

UM - Interj. of hesitation. -- Can be extended with "S".

UN - One.

UP - To increase.

UR - Interj. expressing hesitation. -- Can be extended with "S".

US - A third person pronoun. -- Can be extended with "S".

UT - A musical note.

W

WE - A third person pronoun. -- Can be extended with "S".

WO - A curse.

X

XI - A Greek letter.

XU - A Vietnamese coin -- Can be extended with "S".

Y

YA - You. -- Can be extended with "S".

YE - You.

YO - A call for effort.

YU - Precious jade.

Z

ZA - Contraction of "pizza".

ZO - A Himalayan cross between a yak and a cow (also DZO, DSO, ZHO, DZHO).

Tip

• Did you know: The only letter that can't start a valid 2-letter word is "V".