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American Scrabble Part 1 Trivia Quiz

Make sure you know your two-letter words. All words are American, not the British version! Make sure you are familiar with the Scrabble Dictionary. If you don't know what a word means, some of the harder meanings appear in the Info fields.

A multiple-choice quiz by iggy4. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
iggy4

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
107,835

Updated
Dec 03 21

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25

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Difficult

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Question 1 of 25

1. How many two-letter words are there that begin with the letter A? Hint

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Question 2 of 25

2. How many two-letter words are there that begin with the letter B? Hint

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Question 3 of 25

3. There are only two two-letter words that begin with D, one of them you already know is 'do', what about the other one?

Answer: (1 word, just type the two-letter word)

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Question 4 of 25

4. How many two-letter INVALID words are there that begin with the letter E? Hint

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Question 5 of 25

5. What is the only two letter word that begins with f? Hint

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Question 6 of 25

6. How many two-letter words are there that begin with the letter G? Hint

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Question 7 of 25

7. For two letter words containing an H, there's ha, ah, eh, he, hi, oh, ho, sh, uh, and one more, what is it?

Answer: (You're probably saying it right now)

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Question 8 of 25

8. How many two-letter words are there beginning with I? Hint

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Question 9 of 25

9. There is only one two-letter word with J in it, what is it? Hint

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Question 10 of 25

10. How many two-letter words are there beginning with K? Hint

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Question 11 of 25

11. How many two letter words that contain L can be turned around and still spell another word, hl and lh is an example. Hint

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Question 12 of 25

12. M is the consonant that starts the most two-letter words, but how many are there? Hint

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Question 13 of 25

13. There are 4 two-letter words beginning with N, you probably know the word no, but there are three more, three of these are valid, one is not, which is it? Hint

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Question 14 of 25

14. How many two-letter words are there beginning with the letter O? Hint

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Question 15 of 25

15. How many two-letter words are there that contain P? Hint

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Question 16 of 25

16. How many two-letter words are there beginning with Q? Hint

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which word is valid? Hint

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Question 18 of 25

18. How many two-letter words are there beginning with S? Hint

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Question 19 of 25

19. There are 8 two letter words that contain a T, but which of these is one of them? Hint

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Question 20 of 25

20. How many two-letter words are there beginning with U? Hint

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Question 21 of 25

21. Which is valid? Hint

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Question 22 of 25

22. Every vowel can go with x to make a word, good for getting your x on a triple word score and making two words with it, so which is invalid? Hint

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Question 23 of 25

23. How many two-letter words are there beginning with Y? Hint

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Question 24 of 25

24. How many two letter words are there in total? Hint

112

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Question 25 of 25

25. Which letters of the alphabet have no two-letter words? Hint

C, V, Z

C, Q

C, F, Q, V, Z,

C, V

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many two-letter words are there that begin with the letter A?

Answer: 16

aa, ab, ad, ag, ah, ai, al, am, an, ar, as, at, aw, ax, ay.

AA: A rough cindery lava
AG: Agriculture
AI: A three toed sloth
AL: An East Indian tree
AR: The letter R
AW: Aw man!
AY: Same as aye

2. How many two-letter words are there that begin with the letter B?

Answer: 5

ba, be, bi, bo, by.

BA: The eternal soul
BO: A pal

3. There are only two two-letter words that begin with D, one of them you already know is 'do', what about the other one?

Answer: de

DE: Used in names

4. How many two-letter INVALID words are there that begin with the letter E?

Answer: 16

ea, eb, ec, ee, eg, ei, ej, ek, eo, ep, eq, eu, ev, ew, ey, ez

ED: Education
ET: Same as ate

5. What is the only two letter word that begins with f?

Answer: fa

Do re mi FA so la ti!

6. How many two-letter words are there that begin with the letter G?

Answer: 2

Go and gi.

7. For two letter words containing an H, there's ha, ah, eh, he, hi, oh, ho, sh, uh, and one more, what is it?

Answer: hm

Only a few people know this one, if you got it right, excellent!

HM: Hmmmmmmmm
HO: To express surprise

8. How many two-letter words are there beginning with I?

Answer: 5

id, if, in, is, it.

ID: Part of the psyche

9. There is only one two-letter word with J in it, what is it?

Answer: jo

The two letter J word is jo.

JO: A sweetheart

10. How many two-letter words are there beginning with K?

Answer: 1

The word is ka.

KA: The spiritual self of a human being

11. How many two letter words that contain L can be turned around and still spell another word, hl and lh is an example.

Answer: 2

la and al, other words that contain L are li, lo, and el.

AL: A shrub
LI: Chinese unit of distance
LO: Used to attract attention

I tricked you, I didn't say pairs, I said actual words, there are two words in a pair.

12. M is the consonant that starts the most two-letter words, but how many are there?

Answer: 7

ma, me, mi, mm, mo, mu, my.

MM: Mmmmmmmm, good steak
MO: A moment
MU: A greek letter

13. There are 4 two-letter words beginning with N, you probably know the word no, but there are three more, three of these are valid, one is not, which is it?

Answer: ni

The two letter N words are: na, ne, no, nu.

NA: Not
NE: No
NU: A greek letter

14. How many two-letter words are there beginning with the letter O?

Answer: 12

od, oe, of, oh, om, on, op, or, os, ow, ox, oy.

OD: A hypothetical force of natural power
OE: A whirlwind of the Faeroe islands
OP: A style of abstract art
OS: A bone
OY: Used to express pain

15. How many two-letter words are there that contain P?

Answer: 5

pa, pe, pi, op and up.

PE: A hebrew letter

16. How many two-letter words are there beginning with Q?

Answer: 1

Qi is a word.

17. Which word is valid?

Answer: re

The two letter R word is re.

RE: Do re mi fa so la ti

18. How many two-letter words are there beginning with S?

Answer: 3

sh, si, so.

SH: Shhhhh, Be vewy vewy qwiet, hunting wabbits

19. There are 8 two letter words that contain a T, but which of these is one of them?

Answer: ut

ta, ti, to, ut, at, et, it, up

TA: An expression of gratitude
ET: Past tense of eat

20. How many two-letter words are there beginning with U?

Answer: 6

uh, um, un, up, us, ut.

UT: The musical tone C in the French solmization system now replaced by do

21. Which is valid?

Answer: wo

we, wo.

WO: Like wow or woe

22. Every vowel can go with x to make a word, good for getting your x on a triple word score and making two words with it, so which is invalid?

Answer: ux

xi, xu.

XI: Greek Letter
XU: Monetary unit of Vietnam

23. How many two-letter words are there beginning with Y?

Answer: 3

ya, ye, yo.

YE: You

24. How many two letter words are there in total?

Answer: 98

As listed in all of the previous questions in this quiz.

25. Which letters of the alphabet have no two-letter words?

Answer: C, V

F has fa. There are no two-letter words that begin with C or V.

Source: Author iggy4

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