# 2-letter scrabble words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-letter-scrabble-words/539229>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 12, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-letter-scrabble-words/539229 "2010-05-12T21:58:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-letter-scrabble-words/539229/21 "2010-05-15T21:28:41Z")

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The way I play is that if a word sucks (like “ch”) you don’t use it unless if helps you do a 2 or 3-way word that is not trivial.

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**Author:** ![slugbiker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@slugbiker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slugbiker)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-letter-scrabble-words/539229/22 "2010-05-22T23:20:28Z")

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Cecil’s updated answer is still incorrect.

The official list in the US has 101 2-letter words.  
The official list in the UK has 124 2-letter words.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-letter-scrabble-words/539229/23 "2010-05-22T23:57:11Z")

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> [@bup](#):
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> Nitpick - FA is in the major scale. DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO are ‘words’ - the other notes aren’t.

Nitpick: The major scale is in the chromatic scale.

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