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Really Cool Three-Letter Words

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A list of 117 words by chained_bear.

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None of your "the" and "get" here. No, no. This is the place for auk and sty, and words of that ilk.

One might think that being limited to only three letters would prevent many words from living useful lives. Not so. Here is evidence that even disadvantaged words, if they study hard in school and stay out of trouble, can grow up to achieve true weirdness. Especially true the longer you stare at them.

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  • PossibleUnderscore Fascinating list c_b!
    I've fallen in love with little words all over again. Sep 30, 2010

  • pterodactyl I just saw vug on the comments feed, and immediately thought of this list. May 11, 2008

  • reesetee Pro: My, what big feet you have! Apr 30, 2008

  • sionnach Oh, kef is very real indeed. I believe one of the Survivor competitors experienced it last week, after chewing one betel nut too many with the locals. Apr 30, 2008

  • chained_bear Pro, you are adorable. How are your eggs coming along?

    Sionnach, I could've sworn at least haj and cwm were on this list. Oh well. I'll add them. Not sure about kef though. Is that real?

    And thanks, ptero! Added.

    You know, if you all were going to apply your Wordiegenius to my long-dormant lists, you could look at this one too. :) Apr 30, 2008

  • pterodactyl Qua? Apr 30, 2008

  • Prolagus I have to admit that I look much more like this.
    easter fun Apr 30, 2008

  • sionnach Surely a case can be made for the inclusion of haj, raj, cwm, tup, ska, kef, and mho. Apr 30, 2008

  • Prolagus Yes, I'm very shy, you know. Apr 30, 2008

  • chained_bear Oh, I don't know. It's a fine candidate, but it doesn't seem quite weird enough. Nice link though. Do you wear an apron when you make that? ;) Apr 30, 2008

  • Prolagus Pap? Apr 30, 2008

  • oroboros eft; sny; elf; ern
    Feb 26, 2007

  • uselessness Or for that matter, opa!? Feb 26, 2007

  • trivet obi? Feb 26, 2007

  • jennarenn Foo actually has a respectable following. I know I shouldn't be surprised, but I am. Feb 25, 2007

  • reesetee Why, this list does make quite a nice cloud. :-) Maybe the uniform three-letterness of the words.... Feb 25, 2007

  • chained_bear I got adz already, but added koi, yok, and foo. These are way more fun to read in a cloud than a list.

    Actually, poi is already on the list, and rather similar. But I like fish as much as the next chained_bear, so... Thanks! Feb 25, 2007

  • uselessness Foo: A contemporary Ebonics term for anyone who disagrees with me, and for some people who don't but who still possess those certain innate foo characteristics that they just can't seem keep them to themselves. Feb 24, 2007

  • abraxaszugzwang Yok: A pejorative Yiddish term for a person who lists 3 letter words on the net and gets the definitions totally incorrect. Feb 24, 2007

  • notanotherjazzpoet How about adz? Or koi? Feb 8, 2007