# 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:** 34
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/661 "2016-12-02T20:24:21Z")
ZD - Samizdat ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/662 "2016-12-02T20:32:33Z")
ZE: zealot. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/663 "2016-12-02T20:37:16Z")
ZF - Buzzfest ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/664 "2016-12-02T21:19:19Z")
ZG - Zgornja ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/665 "2016-12-02T21:35:20Z")
ZH = Alzheimer’s ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/666 "2016-12-02T21:48:02Z")
ZI- zigzag ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/667 "2016-12-02T22:03:46Z")
ZJ - muzjik ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/668 "2016-12-02T22:28:20Z")
ZK = buzzkill ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/669 "2016-12-02T22:54:25Z")
ZL: nozzle. ---
**Author:** ![PrimalEnvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@PrimalEnvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrimalEnvy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/670 "2016-12-03T00:15:37Z")
ZM: Hazmat ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/671 "2016-12-03T01:26:06Z")
ZN = kibbutznik ---
**Author:** ![PrimalEnvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@PrimalEnvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrimalEnvy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/672 "2016-12-03T01:55:22Z")
ZO: Zoology ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/673 "2016-12-03T02:03:22Z")
ZP: chutzpah ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/674 "2016-12-03T02:18:28Z")
ZQ: mezquital - used in English in the name of the Tamaulipan mezquital region. The region is named for the trees that grow there, as taken from the Spanish for mesquite (mezquite) which in turn is from the Nāhuatl term mizquitl. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/675 "2016-12-03T02:36:12Z")
After reading the rules on page one, which make no preference to English language but do indicate specifically that place names should be avoided, change that to- ZQ- mezquite (especies botánicas de leguminosas del género Prosopis) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/676 "2016-12-03T02:44:48Z")
ZR = Ezra ---
**Author:** ![PrimalEnvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@PrimalEnvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrimalEnvy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/677 "2016-12-03T02:46:38Z")
ZS: Britzska ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/678 "2016-12-03T03:14:41Z")
ZT = Gewürztraminer a variety of grape used in making white wine ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/679 "2016-12-03T04:13:10Z")
ZU - mezuzah (a piece of parchment inscribed with a certain Jewish prayer) (I didn’t notice this thread until just now and barely made it in before ZZ!) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/680 "2016-12-03T04:26:50Z")
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