The first Scrabble blog post of the semester featured playable two-letter words beginning with “a.” Learning those two-letter words, as well as the others that follow in the alphabet, will enable you to see more options for play and can increase the number of points you earn in a single turn.
Here’s a list of the playable words beginning with “b,” “d,” and “e.”
- ba: the soul in ancient Egyptian spirituality
- bi: a bisexual
- bo: a pal
- by: a side issue
- de: of, from
- do: a tone on a scale
- ed: education
- ef: the letter f (also eff)
- eh: used to express doubt
- el: an elevated train
- em: the letter m
- en: the letter n
- er: used to express hesitation
- es: the letter s
- et: a past tense of eat
- ex: the letter x
Next Up
In class on Monday, we will revisit David Sedaris’s “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and examine Hellen Keller’s “The Day Language Came into My Life” as well as two student literacy narratives.
Jane Lucas 