Scrabble

You are...
Or you are not.

I've often times wondered what it takes to truly become a "Scrabble" master. I have tried memorizing entire sections of the dictionary; watching tape after tape of the Spelling B' National Finals; and listening to our schools beloved Dr. Bonnie Lee go off on rants about MLK and improper usage of the word, 'impact.' All of these attempts to strengthen substantially my vocabulary to a calibur of one of those annoying community college philosophers teachers has seemingly failed; my options have truly gone awry. I find myself stuck in the clay of an average vocabulary, a place i've feared since the beginning endevors into the world of "Scrabble."

I use to think that this extremely boring game was best left to the senior centers boardgame shelf; or the doctors office cabinets; but I was very, very, wrong. I was completely caught off guard by the excitement that nearly shook me off my foudnation after playing my first organized game of "Scrabble" some four or five months ago. I soonthereafter made it habitual in my life to play on a daily basis; or at least challenge myself to learn a few new two or three letter words that include Q, Z, or J's.

Here is a list of two-letter words:
(not all fairplay words)

AA rough, cindery lava
AB abdominal muscle {OSPD3}
AD advertisement
AE one
AG pert. to agriculture
AH intj. expressing understanding
AI three-toed sloth
AL East Indian tree
AM [be-conj] (to exist)
AN indefinite article
AR letter 'r'
AS to the same degree
AT in the location of
AW intj. expressing disbelief
AX to cut with an ax
AY aye
BA eternal soul in Egyptian mythology
BE to exist
BI bisexual
BO pal
BY side issue
DE of, from
DO to execute/first tone of musical scale
ED education {OSPD3}
EF letter 'f'
EH intj. used to indicate lack of understanding
EL letter 'l'
EM printer's measurement
EN printer's measurement
ER intj. expressing hesitation
ES letter 's'
ET [eat-conj] (to consume)
EX letter 'x'
FA fourth tone of diatonic musical scale
GO to leave
HA sound expressing triumph
HE male person
HI intj. used as a greeting
HM intj. expressing thought (hmm)
HO intj. used to attract attention to something
ID part of psyche related to instinctual impulses
IF possible condition
IN influence
IS [be-conj] (to exist)
IT person playing tag/indefinite pronoun
JO sweetheart
KA Egyptian spiritual self
LA sixth tone of diatonic musical scale
LI Chinese unit of distance
LO intj. used to attract attention
MA mother
ME pronoun referring to myself
MI third tone of diatonic musical scale
MM intj. expressing satisfaction
MO moment
MU Greek letter
MY possessive prounoun
NA no
NE born with the name of (nee)
NO negative reply
NU Greek letter
OD hypothetical force of natural power
OE Faroean wind
OF coming from
OH to exclaim "oh"
OM mantra used in meditation
ON side of wicket where cricket batsman stands
OP style of abstract art
OR heraldic color gold
OS orifice/bone/ridge of sand (esker)
OW intj. expressing sudden pain
OX hoofed mammal/clumsy person
OY intj. expressing dismay
PA father
PE Hebrew letter
PI Greek letter/to jumble
RE second tone of diatonic musical scale
SH intj. used to urge silence (shh)
SI seventh tone of diatonic musical scale (ti)
SO fifth tone of diatonic musical scale
TA thanks
TI seventh tone of diatonic musical scale
TO toward
UH intj. expressing hesitation
UM intj. expressing hesitation
UN one
UP to raise
US objective pronoun for "we"
UT musical tone in French solmization system
WE plural pronoun
WO woe
XI Greek letter
XU Vietnamese monetary unit
YA you
YE you
YO intj. used to call attention {OSPD3}

Well.

I hope that my passion for "Scrabble" has somehow rubbed off on you. It is a passing legend; I am
hoping that this generation will bring the game back to its original popularity.

It truly is a gem...


This man is my hero...the last Scrabble Champion!


later.