# 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:** 36
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/701 "2016-12-04T15:39:21Z")
AN- Alien ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/702 "2016-12-04T15:55:38Z")
AO = akimbo ---
**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 4, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/703 "2016-12-04T16:53:52Z")
AP = atop ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/704 "2016-12-04T17:51:56Z")
AQ = Araq (A middle eastern version of ouzo) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/705 "2016-12-04T20:50:02Z")
AR- ancestor ---
**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 4, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/706 "2016-12-04T21:00:08Z")
AS - Arkansas ---
**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 4, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/707 "2016-12-04T21:17:55Z")
AT = asphalt ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/708 "2016-12-04T21:29:11Z")
AU = adieu Refreshing the “rules”, please try to offer an English uncapitalized dictionary word, before resorting to proper names, whimsical compounds, foreign words, trade names or acronyms. ---
**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 4, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/709 "2016-12-04T21:44:53Z")
AV - Asimov Couldn’t think of any uncapitalized words with those two letters, but I do my best. ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/710 "2016-12-04T21:49:43Z")
AW: askew ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/711 "2016-12-04T22:17:01Z")
AX - Anthrax ---
**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 4, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/712 "2016-12-04T22:18:05Z")
AY - anyway ---
**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 4, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/713 "2016-12-04T22:27:36Z")
AZ = Alcatraz ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/714 "2016-12-04T22:54:30Z")
BA- ballerina ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/715 "2016-12-04T22:58:39Z")
BB = backrub ---
**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 4, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/716 "2016-12-04T23:13:01Z")
BC: bucolic ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/717 "2016-12-04T23:17:51Z")
BD- blackbird ---
**Author:** ![PrimalEnvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@PrimalEnvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrimalEnvy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/718 "2016-12-04T23:40:19Z")
BE: Bulge ---
**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 4, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/719 "2016-12-04T23:41:36Z")
BF = belief ---
**Author:** ![PrimalEnvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@PrimalEnvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrimalEnvy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/720 "2016-12-05T00:43:51Z")
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