# Aphabetic letter pairs in words **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 17, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271 "2016-11-17T17:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1 "2016-11-17T17:32:16Z")
Alphabetic pairs of letters within words: AA = Aardvark AB = Table AC = Miracle AD = ? At some point, this may require a whimsical compound word, but try to use one in a dictionary if possible. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2 "2016-11-17T20:23:24Z")
AD = Adamantine ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/3 "2016-11-17T21:47:35Z")
AE = paean ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/4 "2016-11-17T22:49:31Z")
AF = cafeteria ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/5 "2016-11-17T23:20:02Z")
AG=wag ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/6 "2016-11-18T00:14:31Z")
AH = quahog ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/7 "2016-11-18T06:11:40Z")
AI = aisle ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/8 "2016-11-18T06:35:00Z")
AJ=major ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/9 "2016-11-18T08:30:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > AH = quahog I always feel like proper nouns shouldn’t count for things like this; it’s a pernicious side effect of playing Scrabble. For AH, may I suggest “seahorse”. AK = teak AL = teal AM = team ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/10 "2016-11-18T08:41:14Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I always feel like proper nouns shouldn’t count for things like this; it’s a pernicious side effect of playing Scrabble. For AH, may I suggest “seahorse”. > > AK = teak > AL = teal > AM = team Quahog is a common name for the hard clam (e.g., you can eat or cook a quahog). Also, I think we are to play one letter pair each. I think **jtur88** had three plays as examples. AN: implant ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/11 "2016-11-18T13:19:55Z")
AO = chaos Whether or not proper nouns should be allowed is up to jtur88, since he/she started this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/12 "2016-11-18T13:24:11Z")
AP: crap ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/13 "2016-11-18T13:25:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Whether or not proper nouns should be allowed is up to jtur88, since he/she started this thread. Agree, but quahog is not a proper noun. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/14 "2016-11-18T13:34:23Z")
AQ - plaque ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/15 "2016-11-18T14:15:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Whether or not proper nouns should be allowed is up to jtur88, since he/she started this thread. Only if no other suitable word seems to exist. General priority would be Common words in dictionary Feasible compound words Frivolous compound words Proper nouns as names or places with a Wiki entry Some other imaginative way of wiggling off the hook when we get to QX ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/16 "2016-11-18T14:24:35Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Also, I think we are to play one letter pair each. I think **jtur88** had three plays as examples. Yeah, but when I came up with three consecutive words that only differed by the key letter, I couldn’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/17 "2016-11-18T14:27:18Z")
AR = carpet ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/18 "2016-11-18T14:31:49Z")
AS = miasma ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/19 "2016-11-18T14:36:00Z")
AT - battle ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/20 "2016-11-18T14:51:57Z")
AU - laugh [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271.md?page=2)