Last week’s Wordplay Day post included a list of the first thirty-three of the 101 playable two-letter words. Today’s post features the next thirty-one, f–n.
- fa: a tone in the diatonic scale
- fe: a Hebrew letter
- go: leave
- ha: used to express surprise
- he: a pronoun signifying a male
- hi: an expression of greeting
- hm: used to express consideration
- ho: used to express surprise
- id: the least censored part of the three-part psyche
- if: a possibility
- in: enclosed or surrounded
- is: the third-person singular form of “to be”
- it: a neuter pronoun
- jo: a sweetheart
- ka: the spiritual self in ancient Egyptian spirituality
- ki: the vital life in Chinese spirituality (also qi)
- la: a tone in the diatonic scale
- li: a Chinese unit of distance
- lo: an expression of surprise
- ma: mother
- me: a singular objective pronoun
- mi: a tone in the diatonic scale
- mm: an expression of approval
- mo: a moment
- mu: a Greek letter
- my: a first-person possessive adjective
- na: no; not
- ne: born with the name of
- no: a negative answer
- nu: a Greek letter
Two-Letter “M” Words
M is the consonant that offers the most options for two-letter words. In the first position, it pairs with every vowel, plus y.
- ma: mother
- me: a singular objective pronoun
- mi: a tone in the diatonic scale
- mo: a moment
- mu: a Greek letter
- my: a first-person possessive adjective
In the second position, m pairs with every vowel, except i.
- am: the first-person singular present form of “to be”
- em: the letter m
- om: a sound used as a mantra
- um: used to express hesitation
Jane Lucas 
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