# 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:** 132
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2621 "2017-03-28T00:35:48Z")
WE- Wyatt Earp, Western lawman ---
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WF - Will Ferrell ---
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WG = William Gladstone ---
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WH- Walter Huston ---
**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:** [March 28, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2625 "2017-03-28T05:09:36Z")
WI - Washington Irving ---
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WJ - William James ---
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WK - Walter Koenig or Wayne Knight or Wassily Kandinsky ---
**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:** [March 28, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2628 "2017-03-28T11:34:39Z")
WL = Walter Lantz or Walter Lippmann or Willy Loomis ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2629 "2017-03-28T11:49:08Z")
WM - Wolfgang Mozart ---
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WN = Wayne Newton ---
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WO = Warner Oland ---
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WP = Walter Payton ---
**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:** [March 28, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2633 "2017-03-28T15:53:15Z")
WQ - [William Quine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33833) ---
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WR = Wayne Rogers or Will Rogers or Winona Ryder ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2635 "2017-03-28T16:35:17Z")
WS- William Shakespeare ---
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WT - William Tell ---
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WU = Wolfgang Unzicker German chess master ---
**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:** [March 28, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2638 "2017-03-28T18:23:20Z")
WV - West By-God Virginia ---
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WW- William Wallace, Scottish patriot (“FREEEEEDOOOOOM!!!”) ---
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WX = Wu Xin, an immortal with powers to sense the aura of evil spirits in Chinese web-drama. [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvz83k0lSgU&list=PLeA-8jEn7bSrhL-YLo6m31LCWnzohiOV1) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271.md?page=131) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271.md?page=133)