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3-Letter Words (915)

For J, K, Q, V, X, and Z, see those sections.
a(ah,al,as,ba,bs,by,ce,ct,dd,do,ds,dz,ff,ft,ga,ge,go,gs,ha,hi,hs,id,il,

Keepers (7)
Best letters to retain for building words: R,E,T,A,I,N,S

Scrabble Aid
Revised Apr 09

Builders (146)
Add beginnings and/or endings to root words.
Example: root = build --- rebuild, builder, building, rebuilding.

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Game Situation Example

GOAL: Find a 3-letter word that starts with b and ends with a. SOLUTION: Look in the End with A [3]-letter section where youll find b(a,o,r)a which when combined yields baa, boa, or bra.

Alphabet Letter Spellings (21)

bee, cee, dee, ef/eff, gee, kay, el/ell, em, en, pee, kue, ar, es/ess, tee, vee, ex, zed/zee.

Two-Letter Words (101) Play 2-letter words parallel to (alongside) existing words to create 3 words and boost your score!
* No 2-letter words begin or end with C or V. * No 2-letter words end with J, K, Q, or Z. K Q * One-letter starts / ends: Go, Jo, Q i, Re, Za / aB, aG. * You can add an S to only the bolded words below.

AA A I AS BA DE ED EN FA GO HA AB AL AT BE DO EF ER FE HE AD AM AW B I HI EH ES EL ET AE AN AX BO HM EM EX AG AR AY BY HO AH

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KA LA MA MO NA OD OM OW K I L I ME MU NE OE ON OX LO M I MY NO OF OP OY NU OH OR MM O I OS

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PA PE PI

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QI

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SH SI SO

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TA TI TO

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UH UM

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UP WE

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YA YE YO

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US WO XU

UN UT

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BEGIN: a(b,d,nte,nti,ny,uto); b(e,i); c(o,om,on); d(e,i,ia,is); e(l,m,n,nter,r,very,x); f(or,ore); m(al,id,is); non; p(ar,ost,re,ro); re; s(emi,ub,uf,uper); t(rans,ri); u(ltra,n,ni). END: a(ble,ce,de,e,ge,l,n,nce,nd,nt,ry,te); b(le,y); ce; dom; e(d,e,er,n,nce,nt,r,re,ry,se,ss,st,th,tte); f(old,ul); g(e,raph); hood; i(a,al,ble,c,cal,de,e,ed,er,es,est,le,ly,ne,ng,re,se,sh,sm,st,te, tis,ty,um,ve,ze); kin; l(e,er,ess,et,ike,ing,y); m(e,ent); ness; o(m,n,r,us); r(m,y); s(hip,ion,ome,ter); tion; u(le,r,re); w(ard,ays,ise); yze. BEGIN OR END: a(bout,round,way); back; down; in; o(ff,n,ut,ver); u(nder,p).

Consonant Blends (47) & Doubles (11)

Blend shrl with the listed consonants to build words. [s]c,ch,cr,h,k,l,m,n,p,ph,pl,pr,q,t,tr,w c,g,p,s,sp,t,w[h] b,c,ch,d,f,g,k,p,ph,sp,st,t,th,w[r] b,c,ch,f,g,k,p,ph,s,sp[l]
Example: [h] blends --- ch, gh, ph, sh, sph, th, wh.

Double these consonants to build words: d,f,g,l,m,n,p,r,s,t.

Example: f doubles --- buffer, muffle, suffer.

Vowel Pairs (168)

Make 3-letter words by adding a letter before or after a [pair].
Example: b[aa]h,l,s --- baa, aah, aal, aas.

A: b[aa]h,l,s g,h,k,m,n,s,t,w[ae] r[ai]d,l,m,n,r,s,t h,t[ao] e,s,t,v[au]k b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,r,s,w,y[ay]e,s E: k,l,p,s,t,y[ea]r,t,u b,c,d,f,g,j,l,n,p,r,s,t,v,w,z[ee]k,l l,r,s[ei] [eo]n f,l,j[eu] b,d,f,g,h,k,l[ey]e I: p,r,v[ia] d,f,g,h,l,p,t,v[ie] b[io]n p[iu] O: b,g,k,m,z[oa]f,k,r,t d,f,h,j,r,t,v,w[oe]s p[oi]l b,c,g,l,m,n,t,w,z[oo]h,t f,s,y[ou]d,r,t b,c,f,h,j,s,t[oy] U: q[ua] c,d,h,k,r,s[ue] d,t[ui] d[uo] b,g[uy] Y: p,r[ya] a,b,d,e,k,l,p,r,t,w[ye]
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J Words (107)
[2] jo. [3] ja(b,g,m,r,w,y); je(e,t,u); ji(b,g,n); jo(b,e,g,t, w,y); ju(g,n,s,t). [3] h aj; r aj; t aj. [4] ja(ck,de,gg,il,ke, mb,ne,pe,rl,to,uk,up,va,zz); je(an,ed,ep,er,ez,fe,hu,ll,on,rk, ss,st,te,ux); ji(ao,bb,be,ff,ll,lt,mp,nk,nn,nx,ve,vy); jo(ck,es,ey,hn,in,ke,ky,le,lt,sh,ss,ta,uk,wl); ju(ba,be,co,do, ga,ju,ke,ku,mp,nk,pe,ra,ry,st,te). [4] aj (ar,ee); d j i n; f u j i; ha (d j,j i,j j); k oj i; m ojo; puja; r aja; soja.

J, K, Q, V, X, or Z words that do NOT begin with these letters are shown in italics.

End with A (264)

[2] (a,b,f,h,k,l,m,n,p,t,y)a. [3] a(b,g,h,l,m,n,v,w)a; b(a,o,r)a; e(r,t)a; goa; k(e,o)a; lea; moa; o(b,c,d,k,r,v)a; p(e,i,y)a; qua; r(i,y)a; s(e,h,k,p)a; t(e,w)a; uta; via; wha; yea; zoa. [4] a(bb,ct,gh,gm,lb,lf,lg,lm,mi,ng,nn,no,ns,nt,qu, re,ri,se,tm,ur)a; b(ab,em,et,im,ol,or,ot,un,ur)a; c(as,ec,hi,oc, od,ol,om,ox,ym)a; d(ad,at,ev,it,iv,on,op,um,ur)a; e(ph,tn,yr)a; f(av,et,il,le,or)a; g(ag,al,am,et,ig,li)a; h(ah,il,or,oy,ul,yl)a; i(de,le,li,lk,ni,ot,sb,xi)a; j(av,ot,ub,ug,ur)a; k(ak,an,ap,at,av, in,iv,ol,or,un)a; l(am,av,ev,im,ip,ir,oc,ot,un)a; m(am,an,ar,as, ay,eg,es,et,ic,in,ol,or,ox,ur,yn)a; n(ad,al,an,ap,em,ip,om,on, ot,ov)a; o(bi,de,hi,kr,le,ll,rc,rr,ss)a; p(ac,ap,ar,ic,ik,im,in,it,le, ro,uj,ul,um,un,up)a; r(ag,ai,aj,ay,he,ot,ug)a; s(ag,er,et,he,hw, ik,im,ku,ob,oc,od,of,oj,ol,om,or,oy,to,ub,ur)a; t(ak,al,ap,ax,el, ep,oe,og,ol,or,ub,uf,un)a; u(ln,lv,re,rs,ve)a; v(ar,as,el,en,er, ig,in,is,it,iv)a; w(ek,ho)a; y(og,uc,ug)a; z(et,oe,on)a.

Z Words (136)
[2] za [3] za(g,p,s,x); ze(d,e,k,p); zi(g,n,p,t); zo(a,o); zuz; zzz. [3] a (dz,zo); (b i,c o)z; f (e,i)z; w iz. [4] za(ny,rf); ze(al,bu,in,ps,rk,ro,st,ta); zi(ll,nc,ne,ng,ti); zo(ea,ic,na,ne,nk, om,on,ri,uk); zyme. [4] a (dze,zan,zon); b (ize,ozo,uzz); c (hez,ozy,zar); d (aze,itz,oze,ozy); f (aze,izz,ozy,riz,utz,uze,uzz); g (aze,eez); ha (ze,zy); i zar; j (az,ee)z; l (aze,azy,utz); m (aze,azy,eze,ozo); o (oze,ozy,rzo,uzo,yez); p (hi,re,ut)z; q uiz; r (aze,azz,itz); s (ize,izy,paz); t zar; w hiz; y utz. [5] za(ire,mia,nza,ppy,xes,yin,zen); ze(bec,bra,sty); zi(bet,lch,ncy,neb,nes,ngy,nky,ppy,ram,zit); zlot(e,y); zo(eae,mbi,nae,nal,ner,oid,oks,oey,oty,uks,ril,wie); zuzim.

K Words (163)
[2] k(a,i). [3] ka(b,e,f,s,t,y); ke(a,f,g,n,p,x,y); khi; ki(d,f,n,p,r,s,t); ko(a,b,i,p,r,s); kue; kye. [3] a (r,s,u)k; d ak; e (ek,ke,lk); i (c,l,n,r)k; l ek; o (ak,ka,ke); s (ka,ki,ky,uk); t sk; u ke; w ok; y (a,o,u)k; z ek. [4] ka(as,di,gu,if,il,in,ka,ki,le, me,mi,na,ne,on,pa,ph,rn,rt,ta,va,yo); kbar; ke(ck,ef,ek,el,en, ep,et,ir,lp,lt,mp,no,nt,pi,pt,rb,rf,rn,to); kh(af,an,at,et); ki(be, ck,ef,er,ll,ln,lo,lt,na,nd,ne,ng,nk,no,rk,rn,ss,st,te,th,va,wi); klik; kn(ap,ar,ee,ew,it,ob,op,ot,ow,ur); ko(an,bo,el,hl,is,ji,la,lo,nk, ok,ra,ph,re,ss,to); kris; ku(do,du,fi,na,ne,ru); kvas; ky(ak,ar,at,es,te).

Dumps (34)
Use dumps to get rid of excess vowels or consonants. 4 vowels with consonant: aecia, cooee; adieu, audio, oidia; aalii, aioli, looie, louie; miaou; aquae, queue; aerie, areae, aurae, aurei, eerie, oorie, ourie, uraei; zoeae. All consonants: [3] brr, cwm, hmm, nth, pht, pst, shh, tsk. [4] brrr, pfft, psst. [5] crwth, phpht.

End with I (120)

[2] (a,b,h,l,m,p,s,t,x)i. [3] a(h,m,n)i; chi; dui; ghi; k(h,o)i; lei; obi; p(h,o,s)i; r(a,e)i; s(e,k,r)i; tui. [4] a(br,nt,sc)i; b(an,id)i; c(ad,ed,ha,on)i; d(ef,el,en,uc)i; e(lh,tu)i; f(oc,uc,uj)i; g(ad,yr)i; h(aj,il)i; i(mp,nt)i; k(ad,ak,am,ep,iw,oj,uf)i; l(ar,at,ir,oc,ot,we)i; m(ag,ax,id,in,ir,od,om,un)i; n(ao,ev,id,is,od,or)i; p(ad,er,fu,ik,il,tu,ul,ur)i; q(ad,ua)i; r(ag,ak,am,an,ot)i; s(ad,ak,ar,at,em,hr,ol,or,yl)i; t(al,ax,ik,ip,it,op,or)i; u(na,nc)i; vagi; wadi; y(ag,et,og,on)i; z(it,or)i.

Q Words (92)
Q: [2] q i [3] q(at,is). [3] s uq. [4] qa(di,id,ts); qoph. [5] qa(dis,ids,nat); qophs. [5] b urqa; f aqir; t ranq; u miaq. [6] qi(ndar,ntar,viut); qwerty. QU: [3] qua. [4] qua(d,g,i,y); quey; qui(d,n,p,t,z); quod. [4] a qua. [5] qua(ck,ff,il,ke,ky,le,lm,nt,re,rk,rt,sh,si, ss,te); qubit; que(an,en,er,ll,rn,ry,st,ue); qui(ck,et,ff,ll,lt,nt, pu,re,rk,rt,te); quo(in,it,ll,ta,te,th); qursh. [5] aqu ae; equ (al,id,ip); (fi,pi,ro,to,tu,us)que; squ (ab,ad,at,aw,eg,ib,id).

Embeds & Reverses

* Look for words embedded inside another.
Example: The word path contains pa, pat, pah, at, ah.

* Reverse a word and see if it contains other words.

Example: Reversing path yields htap which contains ha, hap, ta, tap.

End with O (182)

[2] (b,d,g,h,j,l,m,n,s,t,w,y)o. [3] a(d,g,p,v,z)o; b(i,o,r)o; coo; duo; ego; fro; goo; hao; loo; m(h,o)o; noo; o(h,n,x)o; pro; rho; t(a,h,o,w)o; u(d,p)o; who; zoo. [3] va(c,n,r,s,t,u,v,w); ve(e,g,t,x); vi(a,d,e,g,m,s); vo(e,w,x); [2] ab. [3] a(l,r)b; b(i,o,u)b; c(a,o,u)b; d(a,e,i,u)b; ebb; f(a,i,o,u)b; g(a,i,o)b; h(o,u)b; j(a,i,o)b; k(a,o)b; l(a,i,o)b; m(i,o)b; n(a,e,i,o,u)b; [4] a(er,gi,ls,lt,mb,mm,rc,rv,ut)o; b(ir,oh,ol,oy,oz,ri,ro,ub)o; vu(g,m). [3] av (a,e,o); d ev; e ve; g uv; i vy; l (a,e,u)v; orb; pub; r(e,i,o,u)b; s(a,i,o,u)b; t(a,u)b; urb; w(a,e)b; yob. c(al,am,ap,er,ha,ia,oc,oh)o; d(ad,at,ec,em,id,in,od,oj,ur)o; o va; r ev; t av. [4] va(gi,il,in,ir,le,mp,ne,ng,ra,ry,sa,se,st,tu); ve(al,ep,er,il,in,la,ld,na,nd,nt,ra,rb,rt,ry,st,to,xt); vi(al,be,ce,de, e(ch,dd,rg,ur,xp)o; f(ad,an,ar,ic,id,il,in)o; g(ir,ob,og,yr)o; ds,ed,er,ew,ga,le,ll,na,ne,no,ny,ol,rl,sa,se,ta,va,ve); End with C (45) h(al,el,er,ob,om,yp)o; i(nf,nr,nt)o; j(at,ia,uc,ud)o; vo(id,le,lt,te); vrow; vu(gg,gh). k(ay,en,et,il,in,ob,ol,ot,ud)o; l(en,ev,id,il,im,in,ob,oc,og)o; [3] arc; doc; hic; lac; m(a,i,o)c; orc; p(a,e,i)c; r(e,o)c; s(a,e,i)c; tic; vac. [4] alec; bloc; c(hi,ro)c; disc; e(mi,pi,ti,xe)c; f(is,li,lo)c; m(ak,an,ay,em,en,il,is,oj,on,oz)o; nolo; o(le,li,nt,rd,rz,tt,uz)o; X Words (118) p(ep,es,is,oc,ol,om,ra,yr)o; r(at,ed,ep,ot)o; huic; laic; m(arc,erc); narc; o(dic,tic); pyic; s(pe,yn)c; t(al,or)c; [2] x(i,u). [2] a x; e x; o x. [3] xis. [3] a xe; b ox; c ox; s(ag,eg,hm,ho,il,ol,um,yb)o; t(ac,ar,hi,hr,ir,op,or,oy,ri,yp,yr)o; uric; z(in,oi)c. d ex; f (a,i,o)x; g ox; h ex; k ex; l (a,e,o,u)x; m (a,i)x; n ix; u(mb,nc,nd,nt,pd)o; v(et,in)o; wino; zero. ox (o,y); p (a,i,o,y)x; r (a,e)x; s (a,e,i,o)x; t (a,u)x; v (e,o)x; End with H (30) w ax; z ax. [4] xyst. [4] a (pex,xal,xed,xel,xil,xis,xle,xon); [2] (a,e,o,s,u)h. [3] a(a,s)h; bah; d(ah,uh); e(d,t)h; f(e,o)h; End with U (61) b (oxy,rux); c (alx,oax,oxa,rux); d (exy,oux,oxy); h(a,e,u)h; ich; n(a,o,t)h; ooh; p(a,e,o)h; rah; shh; ugh; y(a,e)h. [2] (m,n,x)u. [3] amu; cru; e(a,c,m)u; f(e,l,o)u; gnu; jeu; e (aux,xam,xec,xed,xes,xit,xon,xpo); f (alx,aux,ixt,lax, leu; piu; s(a,o)u; tau; ulu; vau; you. [4] b(ab,ea,ed,ub)u; lex,lux,oxy); h oax; i (bex,lex,xia); j (eu,in)x; l (uxe,ynx); e(cr,me)u; fugu; g(en,ur)u; h(ab,ak)u; iglu; j(eh,uj,uk)u; m (axi,inx,ixt,oxa); n (ext,ixe,ixy); o (nyx,ryx,xen,xes,xid,xim); ScrabbleAid * MaxLearning.Net 2009 k(ag,ud,ur)u; l(at,ek,ie,it,ua,ul)u; m(en,eo,um)u; p(ra,up)u; p (ixy,lex,oxy,rex); r oux; s (ext,exy); t (axa,axi,ext); v ext; www.maxlearning.net raku; sulu; t(ab,ho,hr,of,ol,ut)u; unau; vatu; zebu. w axy. [5] xe(bec,nia,nic,non,ric,rox,rus); xy(lan,lem,lol,lyl).

V Words (96)

End with B (54)