Two-Letter Words Valid in WordSalvo

These are the 170 two-letter words that are valid in WordSalvo. Two-letter words are the workhorses of high-scoring play — they let you hook onto existing words and connect plays in tight spaces. Every word below is drawn from WordSalvo’s own go-live dictionary, so each one is playable for real.

• aaA member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
• abAn abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.
• adAdvantage; also, designating the left-hand side, from the player's point of view, of their half of the court, where the
• aeAt the age of; aged.
• agExpressing annoyance, remorse, surprise etc.; oh, ah.
• ahAn expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflectio
• aiA type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Br
• alThe Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia, especially as used to make dye.
• amMember of the Order of Australia.
• anForm of a (all article senses).
• apInitialism of all-purpose.
• arAn AR-15 personal semi-automatic rifle, M-16 assault rifle, M-4 carbine, derivative or related gun; the Armalite AR fami
• asTo such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
• atIn, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
• awUsed to express disappointment or dismay.
• ax
• ayAh! alas! Expressing anger, alarm, frustration, pain, etc.
• baA being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained wit
• beAs an auxiliary verb:
• bfInitialism of boyfriend.
• biA biceps muscle.
• bkAbbreviation of book.
• boAn exclamation used to startle or frighten.
• bxInitialism of base exchange, the U.S. Air Force's Base Exchange.
• byNear or next to.
• caInitialism of cellular automaton.
• chExclamation.
• ckInitialism of cytokeratin.
• coAbbreviation of county.
• cwInitialism of calendar week.
• daFather.
• deThe name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д.
• diA meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
• doA syntactic marker.
• eawhole piece (used when use of a unit of measure is obligatory)
• ededition
• eeeh
• ef
• ehUsed as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has
• elAn elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago (informal)
• emA unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
• enA unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).
• erSaid when hesitating in speech.
• esThe name of the Cyrillic script letter С / с.
• etAnd (French).
• ewExpression of disgust or nausea.
• exTo delete; to cross out.
• faA syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
• feAmerican Library Association abbreviation for forty-eighth, a book size (7.5-10 cm in height); a book of that height.
• ffAbbreviation of frigate, a type of warship.
• frAbbreviation of Friday; alternative form of Fr..
• fsplural of f
• ftAbbreviation of foot (“unit of length”).
• fyAn exclamation of disgust or disapproval (archaic).
• giA martial arts uniform.
• gmInitialism of game master, game mistress, or game moderator.
• goTo move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• grInitialism of glucocorticoid receptor.
• gu
• haA representation of laughter.
• heA person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.
• hiA friendly, informal, casual greeting said upon someone's arrival.
• hmA shorter variant of hmm.
• hoUsed to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
• idAn electronic music track without an official title.
• ifSupposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) eit
• inUsed to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.
• ioA type of moth, the io moth.
• isUsed in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.
• itThe third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human li
• jaYes.
• jgAlternative form of j.g..
• joDarling, sweetheart.
• kaA spiritual part of the soul in Egyptian mythology, which survived after death.
• kbAbbreviation of kilobyte.
• kcInitialism of King's Counsel.
• kgAbbreviation of Knight of The Most Noble Order of the Garter.
• kiA term indicating intrinsic energy; usually associated with martial art – karate, judo, aikido, etc. – practitioners who
• kmInitialism of knowledge management.
• knAbbreviation of kilonova.
• koA local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
• ky
• laA syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
• lbAbbreviation of pound (“unit of weight”).
• lgInitialism of landing gear.
• liThe Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer
• lolook, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
• lsInitialism of love-shyness.
• mamother, mama
• meThe first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
• mgA sports car manufactured by Morris Garages.
• miA syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
• mmTwo thousand (2000) in Roman numerals.
• moA homosexual.
• mpInitialism of Member of Parliament.
• msAbbreviation of manuscript.
• muThe 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.
• myFirst-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
• naNo.
• neNot.
• noNot any.
• nsInitialism of nervous system.
• nuThe letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
• nyNot I; nor I.
• obthe obese gene
• odTo take an overdose of a drug, to overdose.
• oeTo be overemployed (working more than one job simultaneously).
• ofExpressing distance or motion.
• ohExpression of surprise.
• oiSaid to get someone's attention; hey.
• okEndorsement; approval; acceptance; acquiescence.
• omA sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
• onIn the state of being active, functioning or operating.
• ooAny of four Hawaiian birds of the genus Moho, formerly classed with the honeyeaters and now believed to be extinct.
• opClipping of operator.
• orConnects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
• osAn Ordnance Survey map.
• ouA probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.
• owSynonym of ouch (“cry of pain”).
• oxAn adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
• oyAn exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern.
• ozAbbreviation of ounce; any of various units of weight and volume.
• paFather, papa.
• pcInitialism of politically correct.
• pdInitialism of police department.
• peThe seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has
• piThe sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
• pmInitialism of post mortem.
• poThe police.
• ppInitialism of parish priest.
• ptInitialism of physical training, a physical education class in grade school.
• qi
• qrInitialism of quick response.
• qtAbbreviation of quart.
• reAbout, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.
• rtAbbreviation of right.
• seAbbreviation of southeast.
• sfInitialism of science fiction or speculative fiction, often used to avoid having to choose between the two.
• sh
• siA syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
• soAs a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.
• sqsubcutaneous
• stExpressing a sudden desire for silence.
• taTo act as a teaching assistant (for a class).
• teIn solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
• tiA syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
• toA particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
• ugA surfeit.
• uhExpression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty.
• umExpression of hesitation, uncertainty or space filler in conversation.
• unOne (a thing).
• upIndicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.
• urExpressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.
• usMe and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
• utThe first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually supersededby do.
• vsAlternative form of vs..
• weTwo or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
• woA falconer's call to a hawk.
• wtAbbreviation of with.
• xiThe 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.
• xuA former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a hundredth of a dong.
• yaYeah; yes.
• ydAlternative form of yd..
• yeYou (the people being addressed).
• yoA greeting similar to hi.
• yrAbbreviation of year.
• yuAn ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
• zaPizza.
• zeused as a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun
• zoAn indigenous people of Burma (Myanmar) and north-east India.

Word list from WordSalvo’s go-live English dictionary, 284,000 words, updated 2026-06-14.