# 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:** 62
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1221 "2017-01-04T06:14:22Z")
UA - uvula ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1222 "2017-01-04T08:26:08Z")
UB : Unsub ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1223 "2017-01-04T11:27:10Z")
UC: unerotic ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1224 "2017-01-04T13:27:51Z")
UD = unattached ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1225 "2017-01-04T14:09:53Z")
UE - use ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1226 "2017-01-04T14:11:25Z")
UF = uncuff ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1227 "2017-01-04T14:17:04Z")
UG - using ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1228 "2017-01-04T14:21:58Z")
UH = unlatch ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1229 "2017-01-04T14:28:29Z")
UI - uni (sea urchin) ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1230 "2017-01-04T15:57:58Z")
UJ - Uj, a northern Syria village ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1231 "2017-01-04T16:16:40Z")
UK = uplink ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1232 "2017-01-04T17:05:59Z")
UL = upheaval ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1233 "2017-01-04T19:06:40Z")
UM - “Um,” the expression of uncertainty, or Ulm, a German town ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1234 "2017-01-04T20:19:34Z")
[…or ultimatum] UN = union ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1235 "2017-01-04T20:24:08Z")
UO = undo ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1236 "2017-01-04T20:34:40Z")
UP - unwrap ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1237 "2017-01-04T20:42:33Z")
UQ = Uruq a village in Yemen ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1238 "2017-01-05T00:41:46Z")
UR = uglier ---
**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:** [January 5, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1239 "2017-01-05T01:16:07Z")
US = uxorious ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1240 "2017-01-05T05:07:48Z")
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