Table 1: Two-letter words in the English language, according to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary of the

English Language, 5th Ed., 2002. First letter is the row index; second letter is the column index. The
number of two-letter words containing each letter is tabulated below. There is a total of 107 two-letter words.

aa

ab

ad

ag

ah

ai

am

an

ar

as

at

aw

ax

ay

ba

be

bi

bo

by

da

do

dy

ea

eh

el

em

en

er

et

ex

ey

fa

go

ha

he

hi

ho

id

if

in

io

is

it

jo

ka

ki

ko

la

li

lo

ma

me

mi

mm

mo

mu

my

na

ne

no

nu

ob

od

oe

of

oh

oi

ol

on

oo

op

or

os

ou

ow

ox

oy

pa

pi

po

re

se

sh

si

so

st

ta

te

ti

to

ug

uh

um

un

up

ur

us

ut

we

wo

xi

xu

ya

ye

yo

yu

za

zo

col

14

10

11

17

row

14

16

tot

28

19

17

33

13

10

Table 2: Number of two-letter words, with corresponding letters (and words), tabulated from Table 1.
Number

Letters

c, q, v

j (jo)

z (za, zo)

f (fa, if, of), g (go, ag, ug), k (ka, ki, ko)

w (we, wo, aw, ow)

l (la, li, lo, el, ol), p (pa, pi, po, op, up), r (re, ar, er, or, ur), x (xi, xu, ax, ex, ox)

Table 3: Two-letter words in the English language, according to the Scrabble Dictionary (2006 Scrabble
game-play guide). First letter is the row index; second letter is the column index. The number of two-letter
words containing each letter is tabulated below. There is a total of 96 two-letter words.

aa

ab

ad

ae

ag

ah

ai

al

am

an

ar

as

at

aw

ax

ay

ba

be

bi

bo

by

de

do

ed

ef

eh

el

em

en

er

es

et

ex

fa

go

ha

he

hi

hm

ho

id

if

in

is

it

jo

ka

la

li

lo

ma

me

mi

mm

mo

mu

my

na

ne

no

nu

od

oe

of

oh

om

on

op

or

os

ow

ox

oy

pa

pe

pi

re

sh

si

so

ta

ti

to

uh

um

un

up

us

ut

we

wo

xi

xu

ya

ye

yo