2-Letter Words

Two-letter words are the most valuable words to learn in Scrabble and Words With Friends: they let you play alongside existing words and score in two directions at once. This is the full set of 124 two-letter words in our game dictionary.

A 16

B 5

C 1

D 4

E 12

F 3

G 3

H 5

I 6

J 2

K 4

L 3

M 7

N 5

O 16

P 4

Q 1

qi11

R 1

S 4

T 4

U 8

W 2

X 2

Y 4

Z 2

za11
zo11

Getting more out of 2-letter words

High scorers worth memorising: QI (11), ZA (11), XU (9), XI (9), JO (9), JA (9), KA (6), KI (6), KO (6), KY (9).
Words with no vowel: HM, MM, SH and ST — useful for dumping consonants.
Tournament lists differ slightly: Collins includes a few extra two-letter words and the North American list has fewer, so check your game if a rare one is challenged.

Holding letters instead of browsing? The word unscrambler finds every word in your rack, and the Scrabble word finder ranks them by points.

Other lengths: 2-letter · 3-letter · 4-letter · 5-letter · 6-letter · 7-letter · 8-letter · Q without U

Questions players ask

How many 2-letter words are there?

124 two-letter words are valid in our 269,870-word game dictionary.

Which dictionary is this based on?

Everyday words come from the common-word tiers of SCOWL (Spell Checker Oriented Word Lists) cross-checked against a 269,870-word game dictionary derived from the open Letterpress list.