All the Two-Letter Scrabble Words to Keep Handy

Sure, a long word will get you a lot of points, but a two-letter Scrabble word can save your game when you really need it. These powerful little words will help you make your play, no matter what you’ve got in your tray.

Knowing which Scrabble two-letter words you can play depends on the dictionary and rules you’re using for your game. We’ve got you covered with an exhaustive list for NWL, OSPD and CSW. Keep these handy on your phone to help win your next game.

Every Playable Two-Letter Scrabble Word in OSPD and NWL

Our list of two-letter Scrabble words comes from the NASPA Word List 2020 (NWL 2020). This is the Scrabble dictionary used by US and Canadian competitive players. This Scrabble two-letter word list is identical to the valid words listed in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD6, updated in 2018).

We’ve organized our list of 107 playable two-letter Scrabble words by their starting letter to make it easy for you to skim. Click on any word to see its definition and how many points you can get for it.

• Starting With A (16): AA AB AD AE AG AH AI AL AM AN AR AS AT AW AX AY 

• Starting With B (5): BA BE BI BO BY 

• Starting With C (0): There are no valid 2-letter Scrabble words starting with C.

• Starting With D (3): DA DE DO 

• Starting With E (11): ED EF EH EL EM EN ER ES ET EW EX

• Starting With F (2): FA FE 

• Starting With G (2): GI GO 

• Starting With H (5): HA HE HI HM HO 

• Starting With I (5): ID IF IN IS IT 

• Starting With J (1): JO 

• Starting With K (2): KA KI 

• Starting With L (3): LA LI LO 

• Starting With M (7): MA ME MI MM MO MU MY 

• Starting With N (4): NA NE NO NU

• Starting With O (14): OD OE OF OH OI OK OM ON OP OR OS OW OX OY 

• Starting With P (4): PA PE PI PO 

• Starting With Q (1): QI 

• Starting With R (1): RE 

• Starting With S (3): SH SI SO 

• Starting With T (4): TA TE TI TO 

• Starting With U (6): UH UM UN UP US UT 

• Starting With V (0): There are no valid 2-letter Scrabble words starting with V. 

• Starting With W (2): WE WO 

• Starting With X (2): XI XU 

• Starting With Y (3): YA YE YO 

• Starting With Z (1): ZA 

More Scrabble Two-Letter Words in CSW

If you’re not playing in Canada or the US, you have even more words to choose from. These 20 bonus two-letter Scrabble words are from the CSW (Collins Scrabble Words, formerly SOWPODS). Pull out one of these little gems if you’re playing using CSW.

Just like the list above, you can click on any of these to see the definition and points.

• Starting With C (1): CH

• Starting With D (1): DI

• Starting With E (2): EA EE

• Starting With F (1): FY

• Starting With G (1): GU

• Starting With I (1): IO

• Starting With J (1): JA

• Starting With K (2): KO KY

• Starting With N (1): NY

• Starting With O (3): OB OO OU

• Starting With S (1): ST

• Starting With U (2): UG UR

• Starting With Y (1): YU

• Starting With Z (2): ZE ZO

Two-Letter Words You Can’t Actually Play

Sure, there are way more two-letter Scrabble words than anyone would expect, but there are also a few words you might expect to play but can’t. We’re sorry, but these aren’t allowed according to the rules.

Questionable Q-Words

Yes, Q is a high-point tile, so it’s super tempting to want to play it in a two-letter combo. And QI is a great use for it, but you might be wondering if there are any more. Sorry, but no. 

Just because a two-letter Q-word looks like it might be playable, doesn’t mean it is. IQ and QA are both out, unfortunately. 

Just a Few J-Words

Sadly, the same goes for J-words. JO is playable, but don’t expect to find any other high-point J gems in NWL and OSPD. Using CSW gets you JA, and that’s it.

But guess what? You can play JE in Words With Friends.

Keep Practicing to Up Your Scrabble Word Game

It’s like your mom always said: practice makes perfect. The more you play Scrabble, the better you get at it.

There’s also no harm in having a good idea of the playable two-letter Scrabble words so you can break one out when you need to use those tiles in awkward spots on the board. And if you’re really stuck, we won’t tell anyone if you make good use of our Scrabble cheat tool. After all, it’s really all about having fun!