collection of scrabble words

2-Letter Words with Definitions

Bold indicates word cannot be extended with "S'
Plus sign (+) indicates word can be extended by "ES'

AA           rough jagged lava found in Hawaiian volcanos

AB           an abdominal muscle

AD           short form of advertisement

AE           one (Scots.)

AG           agriculture

AH           (verb) to say "Ah" for joy etc

AI            a three-toed South American sloth

AL           an East Indian tree

AM          a present tense of the verb be         

AN               a form of the indefinite article
AR               the letter "R"
AS               to that extent
AT               in the position of
AW              exclamation of disappointment
AX               (verb) to work on with an axe
AY               an affirmative vote (also AYE)
BA               the eternal spirit in Egyptian mythology

BE               (verb) to exist
BI                a bisexual person
BO               Amer. slang for friend
BY               near; a side issue (pl. BYS)
CH               English dial. for I
DA               a Burmese heavy knife
DE               preposition meaning of or from, in names
DI                a plural of deus (a god)
DO               (verb) to achieve; a celebration (pl. DOS)
EA               a river (dial.)
ED               education
EE                Scots. dial. for eye (pl. EEN)
EF                the letter "F"
EH               (verb) to say "Eh" for surprise etc
EL                an elevated railway
EM              a printer's measure
EN               a printer's measure, half of an EM
ER               an expression of hesitation
ES+             the letter "S"
ET                a past tense of eat
EX+             the letter "X"
FA                a musical note
FE                a Hebrew letter
FY                an interj. expressing disgust (also FIE)
GI                a judo or karate costume
GO               (verb) to depart; a Japanese board game (pl. GOS)
GU               a simple violin used in Shetland (also GJU, GUE)
HA               an exclamation of surprise
HE               a male
HI                an exclamation of greeting
HM              interj. expressing thoughtful consideration
HO               interj. calling attention
ID                part of the psyche
IF                 a condition
IN                (verb) to harvest
IO                a cry of joy
IS                 a present tense of be
IT                 impersonal pronoun
JA                yes
JO+             a sweetheart
KA               (verb) to serve (also KAE)
KI                the spirit of Japanese martial art, see QI
KO               a Maori digging stick
KY               cows (also KYE)
LA                a musical note
LI                 a Chinese distance unit
LO               look, behold
MA              mother
ME              a musical note (also MI)
MI               same as ME, above
MM             exclamation of satisfaction
MO              a moment
MU              a Greek letter
MY              belonging to me
NA      interj. of disbelief
NE               arch. form of not
NO              a no vote (pl. also NOES)
NU              a Greek letter
NY+             (verb) to approach (pl. also NYS)
OB               an objection
OD               a mystic universal force
OE               a grandchild in Scotland (also OY, OYE)
OF               belonging to
OH               (verb) to exclaim "Oh" for surprise
OI                interj. calling attention
OM              a syllable intoned as part of a mantra
ON              to go on
OO              wool (Scots.)
OP               an abstract art style
OR               the heraldic colour gold
OS+             a bone
OU              a bloke
OW             interj. expressing pain
OX+             a mammal with hooves
OY               same as OE, above
PA               father
PE                a Hebrew letter (also PEH)
PI                 (verb) to jumble or disorder (pr.p. PIEING, PIING)
PO               a chamber pot
QI                a Chinese life force
RE               a musical note
SH               interj. requesting silence
SI                 a musical note
SO               a musical note (also SOH)
ST                an exclamation of impatience
TA               thanks
TE                a musical note
TI                 a small tree
TO               as far as
UG               (verb) to cause hatred
UH              interj. expressing disbelief
UM              interj. of hesitation
UN              one
UP               (verb) to increase
UR               interj. expressing hesitation
US               a third person pronoun
UT               a musical note
WE              a third person pronoun
WO             a curse
XI                 a Greek letter
XU               a Vietnamese coin (pl. XU)
YA               you
YE                you
YO               a call for effort
YU               precious jade
ZA               contraction of "pizza"
ZO               a Himalayan cross between a yak and a cow (also DZO, DSO, ZHO, DZHO)

3 Letter Words

AAH AAL AAS ABA ABO ABS ABY ACE ACT ADD ADO ADS ADZ AFF AFT AGA AGE AGO AHA AID AIL AIM AIN AIR AIS AIT ALA ALB ALE ALL ALP ALS ALT AMA AMI AMP AMU ANA AND ANE ANI ANT ANY APE APT ARB ARC ARE ARF ARK ARM ARS ART ASH ASK ASP ASS ATE ATT AUK AVA AVE AVO AWA AWE AWL AWN AXE AYE AYS AZO BAA BAD BAG BAH BAL BAM BAN BAP BAR BAS BAT BAY BED BEE BEG BEL BEN BET BEY BIB BID BIG BIN BIO BIS BIT BIZ BOA BOB BOD BOG BOO BOP BOS BOT BOW BOX BOY BRA BRO BRR BUB BUD BUG BUM BUN BUR BUS BUT BUY BYE BYS CAB CAD CAM CAN CAP CAR CAT CAW CAY CEE CEL CEP CHI CIS COB COD COG COL CON COO COP COR COS COT COW COX COY COZ CRY CUB CUD CUE CUM CUP CUR CUT CWM DAB DAD DAG DAH DAK DAL DAM DAP DAW DAY DEB DEE DEL DEN DEV DEW DEX DEY DIB DID DIE DIG DIM DIN DIP DIS DIT DOC DOE DOG DOL DOM DON DOR DOS DOT DOW DRY DUB DUD DUE DUG DUI DUN DUO DUP DYE EAR EAT EAU EBB ECU EDH EEL EFF EFS EFT EGG EGO EKE ELD ELF ELK ELL ELM ELS EME EMF EMS EMU END ENG ENS EON ERA ERE ERG ERN ERR ERS ESS ETA ETH EVE EWE EYE FAD FAG FAN FAR FAS FAT FAX FAY FED FEE FEH FEM FEN FER FET FEU FEW FEY FEZ FIB FID FIE FIG FIL FIN FIR FIT FIX FIZ FLU FLY FOB FOE FOG FOH FON FOP FOR FOU FOX FOY FRO FRY FUB FUD FUG FUN FUR GAB GAD GAE GAG GAL GAM GAN GAP GAR GAS GAT GAY GED GEE GEL GEM GEN GET GEY GHI GIB GID GIE GIG GIN GIP GIT GNU GOA GOB GOD GOO GOR GOT GOX GOY GUL GUM GUN GUT GUV GUY GYM GYP HAD HAE HAG HAH HAJ HAM HAO HAP HAS HAT HAW HAY HEH HEM HEN HEP HER HES HET HEW HEX HEY HIC HID HIE HIM HIN HIP HIS HIT HMM HOB HOD HOE HOG HON HOP HOT HOW HOY HUB HUE HUG HUH HUM HUN HUP HUT HYP ICE ICH ICK ICY IDS IFF IFS ILK ILL IMP INK INN INS ION IRE IRK ISM ITS IVY JAB JAG JAM JAR JAW JAY JEE JET JEU JEW JIB JIG JIN JOB JOE JOG JOT JOW JOY JUG JUN JUS JUT KAB KAE KAF KAS KAT KAY KEA KEF KEG KEN KEP KEX KEY KHI KID KIF KIN KIP KIR KIT KOA KOB KOI KOP KOR KOS KUE LAB LAC LAD LAG LAM LAP LAR LAS LAT LAV LAW LAX LAY LEA LED LEE LEG LEI LEK LET LEU LEV LEX LEY LEZ LIB LID LIE LIN LIP LIS LIT LOB LOG LOO LOP LOT LOW LOX LUG LUM LUV LUX LYE MAC MAD MAE MAG MAN MAP MAR MAS MAT MAW MAX MAY MED MEL MEM MEN MET MEW MHO MIB MID MIG MIL MIM MIR MIS MIX MOA MOB MOC MOD MOG MOL MOM MON MOO MOP MOR MOS MOT MOW MUD MUG MUM MUN MUS MUT NAB NAE NAG NAH NAM NAN NAP NAW NAY NEB NEE NET NEW NIB NIL NIM NIP NIT NIX NOB NOD NOG NOH NOM NOO NOR NOS NOT NOW NTH NUB NUN NUS NUT OAF OAK OAR OAT OBE OBI OCA ODD ODE ODS OES OFF OFT OHM OHO OHS OIL OKA OKE OLD OLE OMS ONE ONS OOH OOT OPE OPS OPT ORA ORB ORC ORE ORS ORT OSE OUD OUR OUT OVA OWE OWL OWN OXO OXY PAC PAD PAH PAL PAM PAN PAP PAR PAS PAT PAW PAX PAY PEA PEC PED PEE PEG PEH PEN PEP PER PES PET PEW PHI PHT PIA PIC PIE PIG PIN PIP PIS PIT PIU PIX PLY POD POH POI POL POM POP POT POW POX PRO PRY PSI PUB PUD PUG PUL PUN PUP PUR PUS PUT PYA PYE PYX QAT QUA RAD RAG RAH RAJ RAM RAN RAP RAS RAT RAW RAX RAY REB REC RED REE REF REG REI REM REP RES RET REV REX RHO RIA RIB RID RIF RIG RIM RIN RIP ROB ROC ROD ROE ROM ROT ROW RUB RUE RUG RUM RUN RUT RYA RYE SAB SAC SAD SAE SAG SAL SAP SAT SAU SAW SAX SAY SEA SEC SEE SEG SEI SEL SEN SER SET SEW SEX SHA SHE SHH SHY SIB SIC SIM SIN SIP SIR SIS SIT SIX SKA SKI SKY SLY SOB SOD SOL SON SOP SOS SOT SOU SOW SOX SOY SPA SPY SRI STY SUB SUE SUM SUN SUP SUQ SYN TAB TAD TAE TAG TAJ TAM TAN TAO TAP TAR TAS TAT TAU TAV TAW TAX TEA TED TEE TEG TEL TEN TET TEW THE THO THY TIC TIE TIL TIN TIP TIS TIT TOD TOE TOG TOM TON TOO TOP TOR TOT TOW TOY TRY TSK TUB TUG TUI TUN TUP TUT TUX TWA TWO TYE UDO UGH UKE ULU UMM UMP UNS UPO UPS URB URD URN USE UTA UTS VAC VAN VAR VAS VAT VAU VAV VAW VEE VEG VET VEX VIA VIE VIG VIM VIS VOE VOW VOX VUG WAB WAD WAE WAG WAN WAP WAR WAS WAT WAW WAX WAY WEB WED WEE WEN WET WHA WHO WHY WIG WIN WIS WIT WIZ WOE WOG WOK WON WOO WOP WOS WOT WOW WRY WUD WYE WYN XIS YAH YAK YAM YAP YAR YAW YAY YEA YEH YEN YEP YES YET YEW YID YIN YIP YOB YOD YOK YOM YON YOU YOW YUK YUM YUP ZAG ZAP ZAX ZED ZEE ZEK ZIG ZIN ZIP ZIT ZOA ZOO

Words with all vowels in

EAU AA AE AI OE 

Words with all consonants in

GLYCYLS RHYTHMS TSKTSKS

CRWTHS CRYPTS FLYBYS FLYSCH GHYLLS GLYCYL GLYPHS LYMPHS MYRRHS NYMPHS PSYCHS RHYTHM SPRYLY SYLPHS SYLPHY SYNCHS SYNTHS TRYSTS TSKTSK XYLYLS

BYRLS CRWTH CRYPT CYSTS DRYLY FLYBY GHYLL GLYPH GYPSY HYMNS LYMPH LYNCH MYRRH MYTHS MYTHY NYMPH PHPHT PSYCH PYGMY RYNDS SHYLY SLYLY STYMY SYLPH SYNCH SYNCS SYNTH SYPHS THYMY TRYST TYPPS WRYLY WYNDS WYNNS XYLYL XYSTS 

BRRR BYRL CWMS CYST DRYS GYMS GYPS HYMN HYPS LYNX MYTH PFFT PSST RYND SCRY SPRY SYNC SYPH TSKS TYPP TYPY WHYS WYCH WYND WYNN WYNS XYST

BRR BYS CRY CWM DRY FLY FRY GYM GYP HMM HYP NTH PHT PLY PRY PYX SHH SHY SKY SLY SPY STY SYN THY TRY TSK WHY WRY WYN

BY HM MM MY SH

4 Letter Words with 3 vowels in

AEON AERO AGEE AGIO AGUE AIDE AJEE AKEE ALAE ALEE ALOE AMIA AMIE ANOA AQUA AREA ARIA ASEA AURA AUTO AWEE BEAU CIAO EASE EAUX EAVE EIDE EMEU EPEE ETUI EURO IDEA ILEA ILIA INIA IOTA IXIA JIAO LIEU LUAU MEOU MOUE NAOI OBIA OBOE ODEA OGEE OHIA OLEA OLEO OLIO OOZE OUZO QUAI RAIA ROUE TOEA UNAI UNAU UREA UVEA ZOEA

5 Letter Words with 4 vowels in

AALII ADIEU AECIA AERIE AIOLI AQUAE AREAE AUDIO AURAE AUREI COOEE EERIE LOOIE LOUIE MIAOU OIDIA OORIE OURIE QUEUE URAEI ZOEAE

Q Words without a U after

QINDARKA SHEQELUM BUQSHAS QINDARS QINTARS QIVIUTS QWERTYS BUQSHA FAQIRS QANATS QINDAR QINTAR QIVIUT QWERTY SHEQEL TRANQS UMIAQS FAQIR QAIDS QANAT QOPHS TRANQ UMIAQ QAID QATS QOPH SUQS QAT SUQ

Highest Scoring Scrabble Words

2 Letter Words
AX EX JO OX XI XU BY HM MY  
3 Letter Words
JIZ ZAX ZEK FEZ FIZ PYX WIZ BEZ BIZ COZ CUZ KEX ZAP ZIP
4 Letter Words 
QUIZ JEEZ FOZY HAZY JAZz WHIZ CHEZ COZY JEUX JINX JOKY MAZY QOPH ZYME
5 Letter Words 
JAZzY
JACKY  JIFFY  JUNKY  QUAKY  ZAPPY  ZAXES  ZINKY  ZIPPY  FURZY  HAFIZ  QUACK  QUAFF  QUICK  QUIFF  WOOZY  BOOZY  COZEY  CRAZY  ENZYM  FUZzY  HAMZA  JAMMY  JEMMY  JERKY  JIMMY  JIMPY  JOKEY  JUMPY  KUDZU  KYLIX  QOPHS  WHIZz  ZILCH  ZINCY  ZYMES 
6 Letter Words
MUZJIK  QUEAZY  EXEQUY  FROWZY  MUZHIK  QUARTZ  QUEZAL  WHEEZY  ZINCKY  BLOWZY  HAMZAH  SCHIZY  ZEBECK  ZEPHYR 
7 Letter Words
MUZJIKS  BEZIQUE  CAZIQUE  JUKEBOX  MEZQUIT  KOLHOZY  SOVKHOZ  ZINKIFY  ZOMBIFY  ASPHYXY  JAZzILY  JEZEBEL  MUZHIKS  PACKWAX  QUETZAL  QUEZALS  QUICKLY  QUIZzED  SQUEEZE  SQUIFFY  ZYMURGY

J, Q, X, Z

These are the highest scoring letters in the bag but they are not the only way of scoring. Don't waste them but try to play them as soon as you can. These letters have a high value because they are awkward; having them on your rack will cut down the variety of plays you make.

The X is the most flexible of the 4; you should aim to score around 30 with the X other than at the very end of the game where opportunities will be scarcer. Remember there are five 2 letter words containing the X - AX, EX, OX, XI and XU.

If you are looking to learn a few useful unusual words, the J, Q, X, Z words are good ones to concentrate on. A good way to remember them is in pairs e.g. OJIME (a carved bead used as a clasp) and OXIME (chemical compound) or TOAZE (alternative for tease) and TOUZE (to haul).