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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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wye   has been listed 7 times with 10 comments

ger   has been listed 2 times with 6 comments

udi   has been listed 2 times with 1 comment

oud   has been listed 7 times with 6 comments

alb   has been listed 16 times with 0 comments

vug   has been listed 8 times with 2 comments

kef   has been listed 11 times with 2 comments

qed   has been listed 8 times with 6 comments

tea   has been listed 67 times with 12 comments

git   has been listed 40 times with 64 comments

pes   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments

maw   has been listed 30 times with 5 comments

fen   has been listed 23 times with 2 comments

oka   has been listed 3 times with 1 comment

pas   has been listed 4 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 10 times with 1 comment

tup   has been listed 8 times with 7 comments

raj   has been listed 8 times with 3 comments

haj   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments

qua   has been listed 27 times with 4 comments

cwm   has been listed 37 times with 5 comments

pul   has been listed 2 times with 1 comment

cud   has been listed 8 times with 2 comments

egg   has been listed 42 times with 0 comments

hob   has been listed 7 times with 12 comments

icy   has been listed 14 times with 4 comments

jib   has been listed 21 times with 2 comments

cuy   has been listed 3 times with 9 comments

fez   has been listed 18 times with 0 comments

ret   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments

wen   has been listed 10 times with 2 comments

vog   has been listed 4 times with 16 comments

jaw   has been listed 9 times with 2 comments

obi   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments

elf   has been listed 25 times with 0 comments

ern   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments

eft   has been listed 14 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 23 times with 5 comments

yok   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments

koi   has been listed 17 times with 2 comments

mib   has been listed 5 times with 3 comments

eel   has been listed 18 times with 11 comments

fig   has been listed 22 times with 13 comments

poi   has been listed 3 times with 1 comment

ebb   has been listed 37 times with 1 comment

emu   has been listed 14 times with 0 comments

wot   has been listed 7 times with 4 comments

fob   has been listed 20 times with 2 comments

spa   has been listed 13 times with 1 comment

oaf   has been listed 21 times with 3 comments

orb   has been listed 36 times with 1 comment

adz   has been listed 11 times with 3 comments

zip   has been listed 29 times with 1 comment

vim   has been listed 45 times with 6 comments

nib   has been listed 11 times with 2 comments

cob   has been listed 13 times with 3 comments

irk   has been listed 35 times with 0 comments

jug   has been listed 10 times with 2 comments

wax   has been listed 28 times with 0 comments

sod   has been listed 14 times with 8 comments

ohm   has been listed 21 times with 0 comments

aft   has been listed 14 times with 0 comments

din   has been listed 24 times with 1 comment

eke   has been listed 26 times with 9 comments

woo   has been listed 21 times with 2 comments

vex   has been listed 73 times with 2 comments

vie   has been listed 13 times with 1 comment

sot   has been listed 15 times with 2 comments

sup   has been listed 15 times with 4 comments

wan   has been listed 37 times with 4 comments

gam   has been listed 7 times with 1 comment

ire   has been listed 35 times with 1 comment

coy   has been listed 38 times with 2 comments

ort   has been listed 22 times with 4 comments

paw   has been listed 16 times with 0 comments

sky   has been listed 42 times with 1 comment

wry   has been listed 39 times with 0 comments

oft   has been listed 10 times with 1 comment

yak   has been listed 13 times with 2 comments

yew   has been listed 27 times with 0 comments

cad   has been listed 35 times with 0 comments

aal   has been listed 5 times with 2 comments

fop   has been listed 47 times with 1 comment

ion   has been listed 22 times with 2 comments

arc   has been listed 18 times with 1 comment

elk   has been listed 17 times with 9 comments

imp   has been listed 41 times with 1 comment

lop   has been listed 17 times with 0 comments

apt   has been listed 42 times with 1 comment

nub   has been listed 15 times with 1 comment

yon   has been listed 16 times with 3 comments

rue   has been listed 52 times with 2 comments

jut   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments

nil   has been listed 11 times with 0 comments

fin   has been listed 12 times with 0 comments

sly   has been listed 32 times with 0 comments

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about 1 year ago pterodactyl said:

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

about 1 year ago reesetee said:

Pro: My, what big feet you have!

about 1 year 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.

about 1 year 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. :)

about 1 year ago pterodactyl said:

Qua?

about 1 year ago Prolagus said:

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

about 1 year ago sionnach said:

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

about 1 year ago Prolagus said:

Yes, I'm very shy, you know.

about 1 year 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? ;)

about 1 year ago Prolagus said:

Pap?

over 2 years ago oroboros said:

eft; sny; elf; ern

over 2 years ago uselessness said:

Or for that matter, opa!?

over 2 years ago trivet said:

obi?

over 2 years ago jennarenn said:

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

over 2 years ago reesetee said:

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

over 2 years 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!

over 2 years ago uselessness said:

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.

over 2 years ago AbraxasZugzwang said:

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

over 2 years ago notanotherjazzpoet said:

How about adz? Or koi?

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