# 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:** 102
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2021 "2017-02-26T05:16:03Z")
Z\*P = marzipan ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2022 "2017-02-26T08:00:17Z")
Z\*Q - bezique ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2023 "2017-02-26T08:07:29Z")
Z.R - azure ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2024 "2017-02-26T14:15:50Z")
Z\*S = amazes ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2025 "2017-02-26T14:49:58Z")
HEADS UP When Z\*Z is exhausted, the game will change to a new mode: Two letters to be either the initials of a famous person, or of a well-known city, preferably with a Wiki entry. First/last, or City/state or country. So, for example, B/M can be Bill Murray or Boston Massachusetts. As in prior rounds, good solid familiar entries will be deemed more elegant than marginal oddities. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2026 "2017-02-26T15:00:38Z")
Z\*T - ziti ---
**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:** [February 26, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2027 "2017-02-26T16:48:30Z")
Z\*U = zounds ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2028 "2017-02-26T17:23:31Z")
Z\*V - Brazzaville, capital of Congo Republic. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2029 "2017-02-26T17:26:58Z")
Z\*W = zawgyi a Burmese shaman or Z\*W = zowie ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2030 "2017-02-26T17:59:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Z\*W = zawgyi > > a Burmese shaman > > or Z\*W = zowie or Warszawa, capital of Poland; Tazewell County, Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2031 "2017-02-27T03:33:52Z")
Z\*X - zax > **[Slater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slater)** > > A slater, or slate mason, is a tradesperson who covers buildings with slate. > The various tools of the slater's trade are all drop-forged. > The slater's hammer is forged in one single piece, from crucible-cast steel, and has a 12-inch (30 cm) leather handle. It consists of a claw for drawing nails, a sheer edge for cutting slate, and a head with a sharp point at one end for punching holes in slate and with a hammer head at the other. > The ripper is also forged from crucible-cast steel and is 24 i... ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2032 "2017-02-27T04:07:43Z")
Z\*Y = grizzly ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2033 "2017-02-27T06:50:57Z")
Z\*Z - zazzy ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2034 "2017-02-27T11:38:58Z")
When Z\*Z is exhausted, the game will change to a new mode: Two letters to be either the initials of a famous person, or of a well-known city, preferably with a Wiki entry. First/last, or City/state or country. So, for example, B/M can be Bill Murray or Boston Massachusetts. As in prior rounds, good solid familiar entries will be deemed more elegant than marginal oddities. AA - Anchorage, Alaska ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2035 "2017-02-27T11:54:23Z")
AB - Anne Boleyn ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2036 "2017-02-27T12:32:57Z")
AC- Andrew Carnegie ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2037 "2017-02-27T14:16:12Z")
AD - Angie Dickerson ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2038 "2017-02-27T14:28:04Z")
AE = Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2039 "2017-02-27T14:33:21Z")
AF - Anne Frank ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2040 "2017-02-27T14:34:12Z")
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