This is part two of this series of posts that no one asked for, nor cares about. (But I care, and that's the important thing.) For intro remarks as to what this is all about, see Part One.
SYMBOLS
* Word is new for Scrabble, as of OWL 2014 / OSPD5
† Word is NOT valid in Words With Friends (but is valid in Scrabble)
‡ Word is NOT valid in Scrabble, but IS valid in Words With Friends (not comprehensive)
(And of course, no symbol means the word should be fine to play in pretty much anything.)
FED: 'cause "feeded" isn't a word
GED: Scottish for "pike" (the kind of fish)
LED: you led and I followed
MED: 'cause saying "medicine" or "medication" is too much work
PED: a naturally occurring clump of soil
RED: not blue
TED: what a hay tedder does ("tedder" is also valid, and "tedders" is even a bingo)
WED: married
ZED: British for "zee", i.e. the name of the letter Z
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EDH: variant spelling of "eth", spelled out name of the Old English letter ð
EDS: more than one education
REF: 'cause saying "referee" is too much work
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EFF: variant spelling of "ef", aka "F"
EFS: F's
EFT: a newt in its terrestrial phase
HEH: variant spelling of "he" (the Hebrew letter)
MEH: what Bart Simpson says (compare "doh") *
PEH: variant spelling of "pe" (the Hebrew letter)
YEH: dialectal variant of "you", as in "are yeh all right, laddies!?"
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(no back hooks for "eh")
CEL: 'cause saying "cellular telephone" is too much work
DEL: mathematical slang for "delta"
EEL: a quintessentially slippery sea creature
GEL: 'cause saying "gelatinous stuff" is too much work
MEL: medical shorthand for "honey"
SEL: Scottish for "self"
TEL: a mound of interest to archaeologists
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ELD: old-timey variant of "old", related to the word "elder"
ELF: one of Santa's helpers
ELK: a deer-like animal
ELL: variant of "el", i.e. the letter L
ELM: a kind of tree
ELS: L's
GEM: like a jewel
HEM: like hemming your pants (or hemming and hawing)
MEM: the Hebrew letter מ
REM: short for "remark", "reminder", or "rapid eye movement" (use context to distinguish)
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EME: Scottish for "uncle"
EMF: electromotive force (can be lowercase, so it's allowed)
EMO: kids these days and their music/fashion choices (note: I have nothing against emo and wish WWF would recognize it as a valid word also) *†
EMS: M's
EMU: a kind of funky-looking bird
DEN: an animal's lair
FEN: a kind of swamp
GEN: short for "generation", as in "Gen X"
HEN: a lady chicken
KEN: scope of possible understanding, as in, "beyond the ken of mere mortals"
MEN: more than one man
PEN: what people used to write with before computers
SEN: formerly, 1/100th of a yen (no longer minted but still a valid word)
TEN: between nine and eleven
WEN: a kind of cyst old people get on their scalps
YEN: Japanese unit of currency
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END: finish
ENG: spelled-out name of the IPA symbol ŋ, which represents the sound of ng, as in "sing"
ENS: N's
HER: not him
PER: as in, this lame blog has only a couple of posts per month
SER: an old-school unit of weight in India, 1/40th of a maund (also valid)
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ERA: a period of history (longer than an epoch but shorter than an eon)
ERE: fancy-pants word for "before", e.g. "able was I ere I saw Elba", which Napoleon definitely did NOT say
ERG: a unit of work (one dyne moving it one centimeter equals one erg)
ERN: variant spelling of "erne" (also valid) a kind of eagle
ERR: as in, "to err is human"
ERS: variant spelling of ervil, a kind of vetch, which is in turn a kind of plant ("ervil" and "vetch" are both valid words also)... and, also note that "ers" is singular-- the plural is "erses"
OES: more than one "oe"
PES: more than one of the letter "pe"
RES: more than one "re" (as in, do-re-mi)
YES: not no
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ESS: variant of "es", i.e. the letter S
EST: variant of Scientology *†
FET: old-timey variant spelling of "fetch"
GET: to take
HET: 'cause saying "heterosexual" is too much work
JET: a kind of airplane (note: "jet" frequently gets back-hooked by "jete" [a ballet move], so be aware of that)
LET: allow
MET: 'cause "meeted" isn't a word
NET: like a fish net
PET: an animal you keep because it's cute
RET: a method of producing linen from flax (it's a verb, so rets, retted, etc, all should be valid too)
SET: I read somewhere that "set" sets the record for highest number of dictionary definitions for a single word
TET: variant spelling of "teth" (the Hebrew letter)
VET: veteran or veterinarian (use context to distinguish)
WET: not dry
YET: now or but (use context to distinguish)
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ETA: Greek letter H
ETH: Old English letter ð
HEX: a voodoo spell
KEX: British for "cow parsnip" or "wild chervil" (or the dried stalks thereof)
LEX: legalese for "law"
REX: fancy-pants word for "king"
SEX: tee-hee! (note that this can be back-hooked with either "sexy" or "sext".)
VEX: to annoy greatly (note: past tense can be vext or vexed, both very useful words to know if you wanna vex your opponents)
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(no back-hooks for "ex")
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FAB: fabulous
FAD: like Pokemon Go
FAH: variant of "fa" *†
FAN: a tool for making artificial wind
FAR: a long-long way to run
FAS: more than one fa, as in the do-re-mi-fa kind of fa
FAT: having excess adipose tissue
FAX: 'cause saying "facsimile machine" is too much work
FAY: a fairy, or (as an adjective) pertaining to fairies
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FED: gave food to
FEE: cost or fine
FEH: variant spelling of "fe"
FEM: slang for a woman
FEN: a kind of swamp
FER: as in, what'cha did that fer?
FES: more than one "fe"
FET: old-timey variant spelling of "fetch"
FEU: a "perpetual" lease/tenure of land (the feu is the basis of the feudal economic system)
FEW: not many
FEY: uncanny (sometimes used as a variant spelling of "fay")
FEZ: a kind of hat, said by some to be cool
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GIB: one half of a gib-and-cotter joint (has several other meanings as well)
GID: a cow disease wherein worms start to eat the cow's brain, causing it to stagger around, all "giddy"
GIE: Scottish for "give"
GIF: graphical interchange format (often lowercase, so it's allowed... pronounce it like "jiff" to annoy people) *†
GIG: as in frog-gigging (there are many other definitions/homonyms for this word, but remember this one so you won't forget its valid verb inflections)
GIN: booze made from juniper berries
GIP: Gibraltar pounds, yet another no-longer-extant unit of currency that can still be cashed in at the Bank of Scrabble
GIS: more than one gi (never mind that Japanese doesn't inflect plural words with -s) *
GIT: ...along li'l doggie
EGO: the thinking self
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GOA: a kind of gazelle
GOB: like a blob, but probably not as big
GOD: invisible sky father
GOO: slime, goop, gunk
GOR: a "mild oath", i.e. the British version of "golly" or "gosh"
GOS: plural form of "go", the traditional Othello-like board game (since there are different versions of go, like gomoku and Othello, I guess one could say that there are multiple "gos", though Words With Friends apparently disagrees.) †
GOT: have
GOX: gaseous oxygen
GOY: a Gentile
SHA: variant of "sh" (interjection meaning "be quiet")... I assume it's pronounced like "shuh"
WHA: wha...?
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HAD: don't have it any more
HAE: Scottish for "have"
HAG: crone
HAH: lol
HAJ: variant spelling of hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca
HAM: goes good with green eggs
HAO: former unit of currency in Vietnam
HAP: old-timey variant of "happen"
HAS: got it
HAT: the thing on your head
HAW: belly laugh sound
HAY: cut and dried grass
THE: the one and only
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HEH: variant of "he" (the Hebrew letter)
HEM: like hemming your pants (or hemming and hawing)
HEN: lady chicken
HEP: 1950s slang for cool, e.g., "are you a hep cat, daddy-o?"
HER: not him
HES: more than one ה
HET: a heterosexual
HEW: to chop with an ax or similar
HEX: a voodoo spell
HEY: what's up?
GHI: variant spelling of "ghee" (meaning clarified butter)
KHI: another variant spelling of "qi"
PHI: Greek letter Φ, or lowercase ϕ
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HIC: hiccup sound
HID: 'cause you can't say, "I hided it"
HIE: old-timey word for "hurry up"
HIM: not her
HIN: Old Testament unit of measure (a bit less that a gallon and a half); see Exo. 29:40
HIP: your leg-to-body joint
HIS: not hers
HIT: to strike
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HMM: hmmmmmm! (Note: two ems is the max on this)
OHO: aha! oh ho!
PHO: a kind of vegetable soup popular in Vietnam *†
RHO: Greek letter P (but pronounced like an R)
THO: though
WHO: which person?
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HOB: British for stove-top (e.g. "the kettle is on the hob")
HOD: a tool for carrying bricks and/or mortar over your shoulder
HOE: a garden tool used to break up your fallow ground
HOG: pig
HON: 'cause saying "honey" is too much work
HOO: variant of the interjection "ho!", as in "Westward hoooo!" (but two ohs max) †
HOP: ...skip and a jump
HOS: some kind of technical chemistry term †
HOT: not cold
HOW: in what way?
HOY: a kind of boat
BID: the buyer's requested price
DID: 'cause you can't say "I doed it."
FID: a bar to hold the bowsprit in extended position (nautical term, obviously)
GID: a cow brain disease (related to the word "giddy")
HID: 'cause you can't say, "I hided it"
KID: 'cause saying "child" is too much work
LID: removable top
MID: 'cause saying "middle" is too much work
RID: to disencumber
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IDS: more than one "id"
RIF: variant spelling of "riff" (the musical slang term)
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IFF: mathematics/logic term meaning "if and only if"
IFS: no ifs, ands, or buts!
BIN: a large container
DIN: fancy word for "noise"
FIN: like what a shark has
GIN: booze made from juniper berries
HIN: Old Testament unit of measure
JIN: variant spelling of "jinn", i.e. a genie (think Aladdin)
KIN: 'cause saying "family" is too much work
LIN: Scottish for "waterfall" (also spelled "linn")
PIN: a pointy thing used to attach things to other things (or the act of so doing)
RIN: formerly, 1/10th of a sen (and therefore 1/1000th of a yen)
SIN: doing wrong
TIN: a kind of metal (can be plural, tins, when referring to tin containers, as in "I ate three tins of cookies")
VIN: fancy word for "wine" †
WIN: opposite of losing
YIN: as in "yin and yang" (and of course, "yang" is also valid)
ZIN: a dry red wine
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INK: colored fluid used for writing
INN: an old-school hotel
INS: I know the ins and outs of Scrabble
BIS: more than one "bi"
CIS: usually this is short for "cisgendered", the opposite of "transgendered" (that Latin prefix cis- also appears in the word cisalpine, also a valid word, meaning the near side of the Alps [near to Italy that is])
DIS: 'cause saying "disrespect" is too much work
HIS: belonging to him
LIS: more than one "li"
MIS: more than one "mi"
PIS: more than one "pi"
SIS: 'cause saying "sister" is too much work
TIS: more than one "ti"
VIS: as in "vis a vis"
WIS: old-timey word meaning "to know"
XIS: more than one "xi"
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ISM: slangy term for any political faction or philosophy
BIT: a small amount
DIT: spoken Morse code for "dot"
FIT: in good shape
GIT: git along little doggy
HIT: to strike
KIT: a collection of tools, supplies, etc
LIT: lighted
NIT: a louse's egg (which is very small, like what a nit-picker would pick at)
PIT: a hole or cavity
SIT: to take a seat
TIT: a small songbird... yes definitely just that
WIT: clever brains
ZIT: 'cause saying "pimple" is too much work
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ITS: possessive of it... note no apostrophe
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JOB: a post of employment, or something pertaining to it
JOE: slang for "coffee"
JOG: kind of like running
JOT: to write quickly
JOW: Scottish for the sound a ringing bell makes (pronounced like "joe")
JOY: the feeling of happiness
SKA: a kind of music
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KAB: ancient unit of measure, equal to about a quart
KAE: daw
KAF: variant spelling of "kaph" (the Hebrew letter)
KAS: more than one "ka"
KAT: variant spelling of "qat"
KAY: the letter K
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KIF: a kind of cannabis product
KIN: 'cause saying "family" is too much work
KIP: unit of currency in Laos
KIR: a kind of wine
KIS: more than one ki †
KIT: a collection of tools, supplies, etc
SYMBOLS
* Word is new for Scrabble, as of OWL 2014 / OSPD5
† Word is NOT valid in Words With Friends (but is valid in Scrabble)
‡ Word is NOT valid in Scrabble, but IS valid in Words With Friends (not comprehensive)
(And of course, no symbol means the word should be fine to play in pretty much anything.)
Ed (as in, "special ed")
BED: what you lie on to go to sleepFED: 'cause "feeded" isn't a word
GED: Scottish for "pike" (the kind of fish)
LED: you led and I followed
MED: 'cause saying "medicine" or "medication" is too much work
PED: a naturally occurring clump of soil
RED: not blue
TED: what a hay tedder does ("tedder" is also valid, and "tedders" is even a bingo)
WED: married
ZED: British for "zee", i.e. the name of the letter Z
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EDH: variant spelling of "eth", spelled out name of the Old English letter ð
EDS: more than one education
Ef (the letter F)
KEF: variant spelling of "kif", a cannabis productREF: 'cause saying "referee" is too much work
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EFF: variant spelling of "ef", aka "F"
EFS: F's
EFT: a newt in its terrestrial phase
Eh (verbal pause... more or less the same as "uh")
FEH: variant spelling of "fe" (the Hebrew letter)HEH: variant spelling of "he" (the Hebrew letter)
MEH: what Bart Simpson says (compare "doh") *
PEH: variant spelling of "pe" (the Hebrew letter)
YEH: dialectal variant of "you", as in "are yeh all right, laddies!?"
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(no back hooks for "eh")
El (the letter L)
BEL: ten decibels in a bel (the bel being the original, now nearly forgotten, measure of loudness)CEL: 'cause saying "cellular telephone" is too much work
DEL: mathematical slang for "delta"
EEL: a quintessentially slippery sea creature
GEL: 'cause saying "gelatinous stuff" is too much work
MEL: medical shorthand for "honey"
SEL: Scottish for "self"
TEL: a mound of interest to archaeologists
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ELD: old-timey variant of "old", related to the word "elder"
ELF: one of Santa's helpers
ELK: a deer-like animal
ELL: variant of "el", i.e. the letter L
ELM: a kind of tree
ELS: L's
Em (the letter M)
FEM: slang for a womanGEM: like a jewel
HEM: like hemming your pants (or hemming and hawing)
MEM: the Hebrew letter מ
REM: short for "remark", "reminder", or "rapid eye movement" (use context to distinguish)
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EME: Scottish for "uncle"
EMF: electromotive force (can be lowercase, so it's allowed)
EMO: kids these days and their music/fashion choices (note: I have nothing against emo and wish WWF would recognize it as a valid word also) *†
EMS: M's
EMU: a kind of funky-looking bird
En (the letter N)
BEN: the back room of a two-room cottage (yay for more Scots dialect words)DEN: an animal's lair
FEN: a kind of swamp
GEN: short for "generation", as in "Gen X"
HEN: a lady chicken
KEN: scope of possible understanding, as in, "beyond the ken of mere mortals"
MEN: more than one man
PEN: what people used to write with before computers
SEN: formerly, 1/100th of a yen (no longer minted but still a valid word)
TEN: between nine and eleven
WEN: a kind of cyst old people get on their scalps
YEN: Japanese unit of currency
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END: finish
ENG: spelled-out name of the IPA symbol ŋ, which represents the sound of ng, as in "sing"
ENS: N's
Er (chiefly British variant of "eh" or "uh")
FER: as in, what'cha did that fer? (fer real)HER: not him
PER: as in, this lame blog has only a couple of posts per month
SER: an old-school unit of weight in India, 1/40th of a maund (also valid)
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ERA: a period of history (longer than an epoch but shorter than an eon)
ERE: fancy-pants word for "before", e.g. "able was I ere I saw Elba", which Napoleon definitely did NOT say
ERG: a unit of work (one dyne moving it one centimeter equals one erg)
ERN: variant spelling of "erne" (also valid) a kind of eagle
ERR: as in, "to err is human"
ERS: variant spelling of ervil, a kind of vetch, which is in turn a kind of plant ("ervil" and "vetch" are both valid words also)... and, also note that "ers" is singular-- the plural is "erses"
Es (the letter S)
HES: more than one of the letter "he" (ה)OES: more than one "oe"
PES: more than one of the letter "pe"
RES: more than one "re" (as in, do-re-mi)
YES: not no
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ESS: variant of "es", i.e. the letter S
EST: variant of Scientology *†
Et (I done et up some grits, y'all)
BET: to wagerFET: old-timey variant spelling of "fetch"
GET: to take
HET: 'cause saying "heterosexual" is too much work
JET: a kind of airplane (note: "jet" frequently gets back-hooked by "jete" [a ballet move], so be aware of that)
LET: allow
MET: 'cause "meeted" isn't a word
NET: like a fish net
PET: an animal you keep because it's cute
RET: a method of producing linen from flax (it's a verb, so rets, retted, etc, all should be valid too)
SET: I read somewhere that "set" sets the record for highest number of dictionary definitions for a single word
TET: variant spelling of "teth" (the Hebrew letter)
VET: veteran or veterinarian (use context to distinguish)
WET: not dry
YET: now or but (use context to distinguish)
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ETA: Greek letter H
ETH: Old English letter ð
Ex (the letter X)
DEX: street name for "dextroamphetamine," a drug whose legitimate use is to treat ADHD but which can also be abused (also called "dexy" or "dexie", both also valid words)HEX: a voodoo spell
KEX: British for "cow parsnip" or "wild chervil" (or the dried stalks thereof)
LEX: legalese for "law"
REX: fancy-pants word for "king"
SEX: tee-hee! (note that this can be back-hooked with either "sexy" or "sext".)
VEX: to annoy greatly (note: past tense can be vext or vexed, both very useful words to know if you wanna vex your opponents)
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(no back-hooks for "ex")
Fa (a long-long way to run)
(no front-hooks for "fa")---
FAB: fabulous
FAD: like Pokemon Go
FAH: variant of "fa" *†
FAN: a tool for making artificial wind
FAR: a long-long way to run
FAS: more than one fa, as in the do-re-mi-fa kind of fa
FAT: having excess adipose tissue
FAX: 'cause saying "facsimile machine" is too much work
FAY: a fairy, or (as an adjective) pertaining to fairies
Fe (Hebrew letter פ)
(no front-hooks for "fe")---
FED: gave food to
FEE: cost or fine
FEH: variant spelling of "fe"
FEM: slang for a woman
FEN: a kind of swamp
FER: as in, what'cha did that fer?
FES: more than one "fe"
FET: old-timey variant spelling of "fetch"
FEU: a "perpetual" lease/tenure of land (the feu is the basis of the feudal economic system)
FEW: not many
FEY: uncanny (sometimes used as a variant spelling of "fay")
FEZ: a kind of hat, said by some to be cool
Gi (karate outfit)*
(no front-hooks for "gi")---
GIB: one half of a gib-and-cotter joint (has several other meanings as well)
GID: a cow disease wherein worms start to eat the cow's brain, causing it to stagger around, all "giddy"
GIE: Scottish for "give"
GIF: graphical interchange format (often lowercase, so it's allowed... pronounce it like "jiff" to annoy people) *†
GIG: as in frog-gigging (there are many other definitions/homonyms for this word, but remember this one so you won't forget its valid verb inflections)
GIN: booze made from juniper berries
GIP: Gibraltar pounds, yet another no-longer-extant unit of currency that can still be cashed in at the Bank of Scrabble
GIS: more than one gi (never mind that Japanese doesn't inflect plural words with -s) *
GIT: ...along li'l doggie
Go (don't stop)
AGO: in the pastEGO: the thinking self
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GOA: a kind of gazelle
GOB: like a blob, but probably not as big
GOD: invisible sky father
GOO: slime, goop, gunk
GOR: a "mild oath", i.e. the British version of "golly" or "gosh"
GOS: plural form of "go", the traditional Othello-like board game (since there are different versions of go, like gomoku and Othello, I guess one could say that there are multiple "gos", though Words With Friends apparently disagrees.) †
GOT: have
GOX: gaseous oxygen
GOY: a Gentile
Ha (Ha. Haha. Hahahaha.)
AHA: eureka!SHA: variant of "sh" (interjection meaning "be quiet")... I assume it's pronounced like "shuh"
WHA: wha...?
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HAD: don't have it any more
HAE: Scottish for "have"
HAG: crone
HAH: lol
HAJ: variant spelling of hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca
HAM: goes good with green eggs
HAO: former unit of currency in Vietnam
HAP: old-timey variant of "happen"
HAS: got it
HAT: the thing on your head
HAW: belly laugh sound
HAY: cut and dried grass
He (Hebrew letter ה... it looks like StoneHEnge)
SHE: not heTHE: the one and only
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HEH: variant of "he" (the Hebrew letter)
HEM: like hemming your pants (or hemming and hawing)
HEN: lady chicken
HEP: 1950s slang for cool, e.g., "are you a hep cat, daddy-o?"
HER: not him
HES: more than one ה
HET: a heterosexual
HEW: to chop with an ax or similar
HEX: a voodoo spell
HEY: what's up?
Hi (hi there)
CHI: variant spelling of "qi" (meaning life force)GHI: variant spelling of "ghee" (meaning clarified butter)
KHI: another variant spelling of "qi"
PHI: Greek letter Φ, or lowercase ϕ
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HIC: hiccup sound
HID: 'cause you can't say, "I hided it"
HIE: old-timey word for "hurry up"
HIM: not her
HIN: Old Testament unit of measure (a bit less that a gallon and a half); see Exo. 29:40
HIP: your leg-to-body joint
HIS: not hers
HIT: to strike
Hm (Hm... hmm... hmmmmm)
OHM: a unit of measure for electrical resistance---
HMM: hmmmmmm! (Note: two ems is the max on this)
Ho (Westward ho!)
MHO: obsolete electrical term referring to the reciprocal of the ohm (the measure of electrical resistance)OHO: aha! oh ho!
PHO: a kind of vegetable soup popular in Vietnam *†
RHO: Greek letter P (but pronounced like an R)
THO: though
WHO: which person?
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HOB: British for stove-top (e.g. "the kettle is on the hob")
HOD: a tool for carrying bricks and/or mortar over your shoulder
HOE: a garden tool used to break up your fallow ground
HOG: pig
HON: 'cause saying "honey" is too much work
HOO: variant of the interjection "ho!", as in "Westward hoooo!" (but two ohs max) †
HOP: ...skip and a jump
HOS: some kind of technical chemistry term †
HOT: not cold
HOW: in what way?
HOY: a kind of boat
Id (the id, ego, and superego comprise the psyche)
AID: helpBID: the buyer's requested price
DID: 'cause you can't say "I doed it."
FID: a bar to hold the bowsprit in extended position (nautical term, obviously)
GID: a cow brain disease (related to the word "giddy")
HID: 'cause you can't say, "I hided it"
KID: 'cause saying "child" is too much work
LID: removable top
MID: 'cause saying "middle" is too much work
RID: to disencumber
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IDS: more than one "id"
If (if only)
KIF: a relaxing Middle Eastern hemp product, also spelled "keef" or "kef"RIF: variant spelling of "riff" (the musical slang term)
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IFF: mathematics/logic term meaning "if and only if"
IFS: no ifs, ands, or buts!
In (not out)
AIN: Scottish for "own"BIN: a large container
DIN: fancy word for "noise"
FIN: like what a shark has
GIN: booze made from juniper berries
HIN: Old Testament unit of measure
JIN: variant spelling of "jinn", i.e. a genie (think Aladdin)
KIN: 'cause saying "family" is too much work
LIN: Scottish for "waterfall" (also spelled "linn")
PIN: a pointy thing used to attach things to other things (or the act of so doing)
RIN: formerly, 1/10th of a sen (and therefore 1/1000th of a yen)
SIN: doing wrong
TIN: a kind of metal (can be plural, tins, when referring to tin containers, as in "I ate three tins of cookies")
VIN: fancy word for "wine" †
WIN: opposite of losing
YIN: as in "yin and yang" (and of course, "yang" is also valid)
ZIN: a dry red wine
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INK: colored fluid used for writing
INN: an old-school hotel
INS: I know the ins and outs of Scrabble
Is (what it is)
AIS: more than one "ai"BIS: more than one "bi"
CIS: usually this is short for "cisgendered", the opposite of "transgendered" (that Latin prefix cis- also appears in the word cisalpine, also a valid word, meaning the near side of the Alps [near to Italy that is])
DIS: 'cause saying "disrespect" is too much work
HIS: belonging to him
LIS: more than one "li"
MIS: more than one "mi"
PIS: more than one "pi"
SIS: 'cause saying "sister" is too much work
TIS: more than one "ti"
VIS: as in "vis a vis"
WIS: old-timey word meaning "to know"
XIS: more than one "xi"
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ISM: slangy term for any political faction or philosophy
It (what is it?)
AIT: British for "river island"BIT: a small amount
DIT: spoken Morse code for "dot"
FIT: in good shape
GIT: git along little doggy
HIT: to strike
KIT: a collection of tools, supplies, etc
LIT: lighted
NIT: a louse's egg (which is very small, like what a nit-picker would pick at)
PIT: a hole or cavity
SIT: to take a seat
TIT: a small songbird... yes definitely just that
WIT: clever brains
ZIT: 'cause saying "pimple" is too much work
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ITS: possessive of it... note no apostrophe
Jo (Scottish for "sweetheart")
(no front hooks for "jo")---
JOB: a post of employment, or something pertaining to it
JOE: slang for "coffee"
JOG: kind of like running
JOT: to write quickly
JOW: Scottish for the sound a ringing bell makes (pronounced like "joe")
JOY: the feeling of happiness
Ka (the spiritual self in Egyptian mythology)
OKA: a former unit of weight in Turkey, close enough to the kilogram that when Turkey adopted the metric system they decided to call kilograms "okas".SKA: a kind of music
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KAB: ancient unit of measure, equal to about a quart
KAE: daw
KAF: variant spelling of "kaph" (the Hebrew letter)
KAS: more than one "ka"
KAT: variant spelling of "qat"
KAY: the letter K
Ki (variant of Qi)
SKI: long, flat shoes for sliding down a mountain---
KIF: a kind of cannabis product
KIN: 'cause saying "family" is too much work
KIP: unit of currency in Laos
KIR: a kind of wine
KIS: more than one ki †
KIT: a collection of tools, supplies, etc
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