# 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:** 63
**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 5, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1241 "2017-01-05T09:10:57Z")
UU: unau ---
**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 5, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1242 "2017-01-05T14:36:33Z")
UV - Ustinov, a relatively common Russian last name ---
**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 5, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1243 "2017-01-05T14:42:49Z")
UW - unscrew ---
**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, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1244 "2017-01-05T15:02:54Z")
UX = ulex, a genus of gorse or furze. ---
**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 5, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1245 "2017-01-05T15:11:54Z")
UY - undeniably ---
**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, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1246 "2017-01-05T17:12:22Z")
UZ = unterweltschmertz. Weltschmerz is an accepted English dictionary entry borrowed from German, and unterweltschmetrz is a permitted German consruction. I think Weltschmertz is the only word n English dictionaries with six consecutive consonants. And baseball player Paul Goldschmidt, and The Knightsbridge Strings. ---
**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, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1247 "2017-01-05T17:19:50Z")
TLTE–I have some extra Ts in some of those. ---
**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, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1248 "2017-01-05T17:41:10Z")
UZ also equals Uz. From the Book of Job 1:1 “There was a man in the land of Uz…” VA = via ---
**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 5, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1249 "2017-01-05T21:17:31Z")
VB - verb ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1250 "2017-01-05T22:24:20Z")
VC: vitriolic ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1251 "2017-01-06T00:45:17Z")
VD = vanguard ---
**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 6, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1252 "2017-01-06T01:42:26Z")
VE: valve ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1253 "2017-01-06T14:42:40Z")
VF = veinstuff 1. (mining) minerals found in a vein, of lesser value than ores ---
**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 6, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1254 "2017-01-06T16:02:03Z")
VG = varying ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1255 "2017-01-06T18:35:21Z")
VH: vanish ---
**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 6, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1256 "2017-01-06T20:35:01Z")
VI - villi ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1257 "2017-01-06T21:15:28Z")
VJ = Viraj Sanskrit, meaning sovereignty, excellence or splendour. ---
**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 6, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1258 "2017-01-06T21:16:38Z")
VK - videodisk ---
**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 6, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1259 "2017-01-06T22:35:06Z")
VL = vowel ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1260 "2017-01-06T23:56:51Z")
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