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2-Letter Words

There are 152 two-letter words on Word.ws, from aa to ze, each with a short meaning. The most common are to, of, in, is and it.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 152 two-letter words

  • aa2n. A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting...
  • ab4n. An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.
  • ac4n. Account; money of account.
  • ad3n. Advantage; also, designating the left-hand side, from the player's...
  • ag3interj. Expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise, etc.: oh, ah.
  • ah5interj. An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding...
  • ai2n. A pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), endemic to forests of...
  • ak6n. Apple of Sodom (Calotropis procera).
  • al2n. The Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia, especially as used to make dye.
  • an2art. Used before a vowel sound.
  • ao2n. Grue ("blue or green", considered as one color).
  • ar2n. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.
  • as2adv. To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
  • at2prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
  • au2n. A vowel found in Indic abugidas.
  • aw5interj. Used to express disappointment or dismay.
  • ay5interj. Ah! alas! Expressing anger, alarm, frustration, pain, etc.
  • ba4n. A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure...
  • be4v. Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
  • bi4n. A biceps muscle.
  • bo4interj. An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
  • bp6n. Stylised name of British Petroleum.
  • by7prep. Near or next to.
  • ci4n. One of the Classical Chinese poetry forms.
  • cp6n. A program and command in Unix that is used to copy files and...
  • da3n. Father.
  • de3n. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д.
  • di3interj. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
  • dl3n. Download; Alternative form of DL.
  • do3v. A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another...
  • ea2n. A river or watercourse.
  • ed3n. Edition.
  • ee2interj. Eh.
  • ef5n. The name of the Latin script letter F/f.
  • eh5interj. Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request...
  • el2n. The name of the Latin script letter L/l.
  • em4n. The name of the Latin script letter M/m.
  • en2n. The name of the Latin script letter N/n.
  • eo2n. A Korean wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a tiger with a...
  • ep4n. Episode (of a TV serial, etc.).
  • er2interj. Said when hesitating in speech.
  • es2n. The name of the Cyrillic script letter С / с.
  • ew5interj. Expression of disgust or nausea.
  • ex9n. The name of the Latin script letter X/x.
  • ey5n. An egg.
  • fa5n. A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth...
  • fg6adj. Censored spelling of fucking.
  • fi5n. The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the fourth note of...
  • fk9interj. Censored spelling of fuck.
  • fu5n. Flux unit.
  • ge3n. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Г / г.
  • gi3n. A martial arts uniform.
  • go3v. To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used...
  • gt3n. Drop (as a measurement in medical prescriptions).
  • ha5interj. A representation of laughter.
  • he5pron. A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.
  • hi5interj. A friendly, informal, casual greeting said upon someone's arrival.
  • hm7interj. A shorter variant of hmm.
  • hn5interj. Used to tag a rhetorical question.
  • ho5interj. Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
  • id3n. The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian...
  • if5conj. Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; suppositive...
  • in2prep. Contained by; inside.
  • io2n. A type of moth, the io moth.
  • is2v. Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the...
  • it2pron. The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an...
  • ja9adv. Yes.
  • jo9n. Darling, sweetheart.
  • ju9n. Someone admitted to university through the JUPAS system.
  • jy12n. The name of the Latin script letter J/j.
  • ka6n. The aspect of a person’s soul or being that sustains their existence...
  • ki6n. A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa)...
  • ko6n. A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
  • la2n. A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
  • lb4n. Leg bye.
  • le2art. The.
  • li2n. The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or...
  • ll2n. Lines.
  • lo2interj. Look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
  • lu2n. Synonym of route or circuit, an administrative division of imperial...
  • ma4n. Mother, mama.
  • me4pron. As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb.
  • mi4n. A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a...
  • mo4adv. Further, longer.
  • mu4n. The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.
  • my7det. Belonging to me.
  • na2interj. No.
  • ne2adv. Not.
  • no2det. Not any.
  • nu2n. The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
  • ob4n. A halfpenny.
  • od3n. A hypothetical force or natural power, which was supposed by Carl...
  • oe2n. A grandchild.
  • of5prep. Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
  • oh5interj. Expression of surprise.
  • oi2interj. Said to get someone's attention; hey.
  • om4n. A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
  • on2adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
  • oo2n. Any of four Hawaiian birds of the genus Moho, formerly classed with the...
  • op4n. An amateur radio operator.
  • or2conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences...
  • os2n. Synonym of bone.
  • ot2n. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Ѿ / ѿ.
  • ou2n. A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra...
  • ow5interj. Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”).
  • ox9n. An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as...
  • oy5interj. An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing...
  • pa4n. Father, papa.
  • pe4n. The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician...
  • pi4n. The sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and...
  • po4n. A chamberpot.
  • pp6n. Proton and proton (used attributively to describe a collision or other...
  • qh14adv. Quaque hora: every hour - used in medical pharmacy prescriptions...
  • qt11n. Quality time.
  • qu11n. An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts...
  • re2prep. About, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters...
  • ri2n. A Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
  • se2n. A type of ancient Chinese plucked zither.
  • si2n. A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major...
  • so2conj. As a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.
  • st2interj. Expressing a sudden desire for silence.
  • ta2interj. Thanks.
  • te2n. In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat...
  • ti2n. A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major...
  • tk6adj. A placeholder used before publication for information that is not yet...
  • to2part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
  • tp4v. To toilet paper; to throw toilet paper in rolls over a structure, so...
  • ug3n. A surfeit.
  • uh5interj. Expression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty.
  • um4interj. Expression of hesitation, uncertainty or space filler in conversation.
  • up4adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite...
  • ur2interj. Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.
  • us2pron. Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being...
  • ut2n. Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a...
  • ve5n. The name of the Cyrillic script letter В / в.
  • vt5n. Verb transitive or transitive verb (often in dictionaries).
  • wa5n. A traditional proa-style outrigger canoe of the Caroline Islands.
  • we5pron. Excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.).
  • wi5pron. Us.
  • wo5interj. A falconer's call to a hawk.
  • wu5n. A Chinese shaman.
  • wy8n. The name of the letter Y.
  • xc11adj. Without a coupon.
  • xi9n. The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and...
  • xu9n. A former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a hundredth of a...
  • ya5interj. Yeah; yes.
  • ye5pron. You (the people being addressed).
  • yo5interj. A greeting similar to hi.
  • yr5n. A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel...
  • yu5n. An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
  • za11n. Pizza.
  • ze11n. The name of the Cyrillic script letter З / з.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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