# 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:** 68
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1341 "2017-01-13T04:30:46Z")
YP = yup ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1342 "2017-01-13T04:49:54Z")
YQ - Yuraq Yuraq The obscure Bolivian mountain so nice they named it twice!: [Yuraq Yuraq - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuraq_Yuraq) ---
**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 13, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1343 "2017-01-13T06:55:48Z")
YR: yellowhammer ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1344 "2017-01-13T07:00:17Z")
YS: yes ---
**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 13, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1345 "2017-01-13T07:16:44Z")
YT: yurt ---
**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 13, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1346 "2017-01-13T12:50:05Z")
YU = you ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1347 "2017-01-13T13:34:01Z")
YV = Anton Yurikov, a Russian candidate from the Liberal Progressive Party who received 5.8% of the vote for the Cheryomushki single-mandate constituency for the state Duma in the 2016 electio(. Disclaimer: Any resemblance to a political commentary is inadvertent and coincidental.) ---
**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 13, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1348 "2017-01-13T14:09:30Z")
YZ - yaz ([A drug](https://www.drugs.com/yaz.html) though to this Old New Englander it will always mean Red Sox player Carl “Yaz” Yastrzemski) ---
**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 13, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1349 "2017-01-13T14:14:19Z")
YW = yew (Annie, you skipped a couple. YV and YY do look a bit alike.) ---
**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 13, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1350 "2017-01-13T14:27:54Z")
(Ooops. Sorry) YY - yearly Now on to ZA ---
**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 13, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1351 "2017-01-13T14:29:18Z")
YX = yex. a hiccup or belch. NOW on to ZA. ---
**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 13, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1352 "2017-01-13T14:30:17Z")
ZA - zebra ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1353 "2017-01-13T16:27:00Z")
ZB - Zab > **[Zab Judah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zab_Judah)** > > Zabdiel Judah (born October 27, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2019. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF and WBO junior welterweight titles between 2000 and 2004; the undisputed welterweight title in 2005, which included a reign as the lineal champion from 2005 to 2006; and the IBF junior welterweight title again in 2011. Judah's career ended in 2019 when he was hospitalized after suffering a brain bleed in a s Ju... ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1354 "2017-01-13T16:33:29Z")
ZC = zinc ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1355 "2017-01-13T16:35:17Z")
ZD = zeroed ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1356 "2017-01-14T02:21:16Z")
ZE = zygote ---
**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 14, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1357 "2017-01-14T05:29:04Z")
ZF - zarf ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1358 "2017-01-14T05:33:04Z")
ZG: zigzag ---
**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 14, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1359 "2017-01-14T07:44:39Z")
ZH: zoomorph ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/1360 "2017-01-14T14:27:33Z")
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