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Really Cool Three-Letter Words

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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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pes   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
maw   has been listed 30 times with 1 comment
fen   has been listed 19 times with 2 comments
oka   has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
pas   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
alp   has been listed 9 times with 1 comment
mho   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
ska   has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
tup   has been listed 8 times with 6 comments
raj   has been listed 7 times with 3 comments
haj   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
qua   has been listed 24 times with 4 comments
cwm   has been listed 27 times with 4 comments
pul   has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
cud   has been listed 8 times with 2 comments
egg   has been listed 32 times with 0 comments
hob   has been listed 5 times with 12 comments
icy   has been listed 11 times with 3 comments
jib   has been listed 17 times with 1 comment
cuy   has been listed 2 times with 4 comments
fez   has been listed 18 times with 0 comments
ret   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
wen   has been listed 10 times with 1 comment
vog   has been listed 4 times with 16 comments
gry   has been listed 5 times with 2 comments
jaw   has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
obi   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
elf   has been listed 19 times with 0 comments
ern   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
eft   has been listed 12 times with 1 comment
sny   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
gur   has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
foo   has been listed 20 times with 5 comments
yok   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
koi   has been listed 15 times with 2 comments
mib   has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
eel   has been listed 10 times with 9 comments
fig   has been listed 19 times with 0 comments
poi   has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
ebb   has been listed 31 times with 0 comments
emu   has been listed 13 times with 0 comments
wot   has been listed 7 times with 4 comments
fob   has been listed 17 times with 1 comment
spa   has been listed 10 times with 0 comments
oaf   has been listed 17 times with 1 comment
orb   has been listed 33 times with 1 comment
adz   has been listed 11 times with 3 comments
zip   has been listed 25 times with 1 comment
vim   has been listed 34 times with 4 comments
nib   has been listed 8 times with 2 comments
cob   has been listed 9 times with 1 comment
irk   has been listed 29 times with 0 comments
jug   has been listed 7 times with 2 comments
wax   has been listed 23 times with 0 comments
sod   has been listed 8 times with 8 comments
ohm   has been listed 17 times with 0 comments
aft   has been listed 13 times with 0 comments
din   has been listed 17 times with 0 comments
eke   has been listed 22 times with 8 comments
woo   has been listed 20 times with 0 comments
vex   has been listed 53 times with 0 comments
vie   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
sot   has been listed 14 times with 0 comments
sup   has been listed 12 times with 1 comment
wan   has been listed 30 times with 1 comment
gam   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
ire   has been listed 26 times with 0 comments
coy   has been listed 30 times with 1 comment
ort   has been listed 13 times with 1 comment
paw   has been listed 14 times with 0 comments
sky   has been listed 33 times with 0 comments
wry   has been listed 30 times with 0 comments
oft   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
yak   has been listed 13 times with 1 comment
yew   has been listed 22 times with 0 comments
cad   has been listed 31 times with 0 comments
aal   has been listed 4 times with 2 comments
fop   has been listed 39 times with 0 comments
ion   has been listed 15 times with 2 comments
arc   has been listed 14 times with 1 comment
elk   has been listed 13 times with 2 comments
imp   has been listed 33 times with 1 comment
lop   has been listed 14 times with 0 comments
apt   has been listed 35 times with 1 comment
nub   has been listed 13 times with 1 comment
yon   has been listed 13 times with 3 comments
rue   has been listed 35 times with 1 comment
jut   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
nil   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
fin   has been listed 10 times with 0 comments
sly   has been listed 29 times with 0 comments
urn   has been listed 14 times with 0 comments
yap   has been listed 9 times with 6 comments
yaw   has been listed 19 times with 6 comments
fey   has been listed 55 times with 0 comments
oil   has been listed 20 times with 4 comments
pyx   has been listed 27 times with 0 comments
pwe   has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
pus   has been listed 20 times with 11 comments
rum   has been listed 15 times with 1 comment
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3 months ago pterodactyl said:

I just saw vug on the comments feed, and immediately thought of this list.

4 months ago reesetee said:

Pro: My, what big feet you have!

4 months ago sionnach said:

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.

4 months ago chained_bear said:

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. :)

4 months ago pterodactyl said:

Qua?

4 months ago Prolagus said:

I have to admit that I look much more like this.

4 months ago sionnach said:

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

4 months ago Prolagus said:

Yes, I'm very shy, you know.

4 months ago chained_bear said:

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? ;)

4 months ago Prolagus said:

Pap?

about 1 year ago oroboros said:

eft; sny; elf; ern

about 1 year ago uselessness said:

Or for that matter, opa!?

about 1 year ago trivet said:

obi?

about 1 year ago jennarenn said:

Foo actually has a respectable following. I know I shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

about 1 year ago reesetee said:

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

about 1 year ago chained_bear said:

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!

about 1 year ago uselessness said: Made this up

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.

about 1 year ago AbraxasZugzwang said: Found this on Urban Dictionary

Yok: A pejorative Yiddish term for a person who lists 3 letter words on the net and gets the definitions totally incorrect.

about 1 year ago notanotherjazzpoet said:

How about adz? Or koi?

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