# 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:** 133
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2641 "2017-03-28T22:02:28Z")
WY - William Butler Yeats ---
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WZ = Warren Zevon ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2643 "2017-03-29T02:58:20Z")
XA- Ximena Armas, Chilean painter ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2644 "2017-03-29T04:08:24Z")
XB = Xavier Becerra, Callifornia Attorney General ---
**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 29, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2645 "2017-03-29T04:12:53Z")
XC - Xinxiang, China ---
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XD = X Daddy Hip-hip and rap record producer ---
**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 29, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2647 "2017-03-29T15:15:41Z")
This will not be an easy category. XE - Xavier Ellis Australian footballer. ---
**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 29, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2648 "2017-03-29T16:39:42Z")
XF = Xavier Fourcade French-American New York fine art dealer ---
**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 29, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2649 "2017-03-29T16:41:08Z")
(another XB = Xander Berkeley, actor, from _24_ and _The Mentalist_, and another XC = Cuban bandleader Xavier Cugat) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2650 "2017-03-30T04:08:34Z")
XG = Xanthi, Greece. I’ve been there. ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2651 "2017-03-30T04:38:57Z")
XH - Xavier Henry, pro basketball player ---
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XI = Xabier Iriondo an Italian guitarist ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2653 "2017-03-30T11:21:16Z")
XJ = Xi Jinping. president of China. ---
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XK = Xenia Knoll Swiss tennis player ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2655 "2017-03-30T14:31:50Z")
XL - Xiu Lijuan Chinese basketball Olympian ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2656 "2017-03-30T16:03:50Z")
XM = Xavier “X-Man” McDaniel retired American NBA basketball player ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2657 "2017-03-30T16:13:04Z")
XN - Xavier Naidoo German singer/songwriter ---
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XO = Xenia, Ohio I’ve been there. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2659 "2017-03-30T16:45:00Z")
XP = Xanthus Pagninus, 16th century thologian ---
**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 30, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2660 "2017-03-30T17:15:32Z")
XQ - Xavier Quevedo Venezuelan cyclist [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271.md?page=132) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271.md?page=134)