Unfamiliar Threes and Fours — Words Only

Three- and four-letter words that are rare in everyday English — skip the words you already know and study only these

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1,477 words across 2 section(s)

Unfamiliar 3-Letter Words (Zipf below 3.0)

AAH AAL AAS ABO ABY ACK ADZ AFF AGS AHI AHS AIL AIT AJI ALB AMU ANE APO ARB ARF
ARO AUK AVO AWA AWL AWN AYS AZO BAA BAP BES BIB BRR BUB BUR BYS CAF CAW CAY CEE
CEL CEP CIG CRU CUD CUR CWM DAG DAP DEP DIB DIF DIT DOH DOL DOR DOX DUD EDH EEK
EEW EFS EFT EKE ELD ELL ELS EME ENS EON ERG ERN ESS EWE FAH FEH FEM FEN FES FET
FEU FEY FEZ FIB FID FIE FIZ FOH FON FOP FOU FOY FUB FUD FUG GAB GAD GAE GAM GAR
GAT GED GEY GHI GIB GID GIE GIP GOB GOR GOS GOX GOY GRR GUL GUV GYP HAG HAJ HAO
HEP HEW HIC HIE HIN HOB HOD HOM HOS HUP HYP ICK IFF IGG ILK IRK JEE JEU JIB JOT
JOW JUT KAB KAE KAF KAS KEA KEF KEP KEX KHI KIF KIR KIS KOA KOB KOP KOR KUE KYE
LAH LAR LAV LEK LEU LEY LEZ LOB LOP LOR LOX LUD LUM LUN LYE MAW MEM MHO MIB MIM
MOA MOC MOG MUT MUX MYC NAE NEB NEG NIM NOB NOG NOH NOO NTH NUB NUG NUS OAF OAR
OAT OBA OBE OCA OCH ODS OES OHO OHS OIK OKA OKE OMA OMS OOT OPA OPE ORS ORT OSE
OUD OWT OXO OXY PAH PEC PED PEH PHO PHT PIS PIU PIX POH POI PUD PUL PUR PWN PYA
PYE PYX QAT QIS QUA RAX REB REE REZ RHO RIF RYA SAB SAU SEG SEI SEL SEV SEZ SIB
SOH SOP SOT SOU STY SUQ TAV TAW TEG TES TET TEW TIX TIZ TOG TUI TUN TUP TUT TUX
TWA TYE UDO UKE ULU UMS UNS UPO URB URD URP UTA UTS VAC VAU VAV VAW VAX VEX VIG
VIM VOE VOG VUG VUM WAB WAE WAP WAW WOG WOK WOP WOS WRY WUD WUZ WYE WYN XED XIS
YAG YAP YAR YAS YAW YEZ YID YIP YOB YOD YOK YOM YON YOW YUK ZAG ZAP ZAS ZAX ZEK
ZEP ZIN ZIT ZOA ZUZ ZZZ

Unfamiliar 4-Letter Words (Zipf below 2.0)

AAHS AALS ABAS ABOS ABRI ABYE ABYS ADOS ADZE AERY AGAS AGIO AGLU AGLY AGMA AGUE
AHIS AINS AIRN AIRT AITS AJEE AJIS AKEE ALAE ALAR ALBS ALEE ALEF ALIT ALKY ALME
ALOW AMAH AMIA AMUS ANES ANGA ANOA APED APER APOD ARBS AREG ARFS ARIL AROS ASCI
ASEA ASPS ATAP ATES AUKS AVOS AVOW AWEE AWES AWLS AWNS AWNY AXAL AXIL AYIN AZAN
AZON BADS BAES BAFF BALS BAMS BARM BAWD BAWK BAWN BAZZ BEDU BELS BEMA BEYS BHUT
BIBE BINE BIOG BIRL BISE BISK BITT BIZE BLAE BLAT BLAW BLEB BLET BLIN BLUB BOGY
BOSK BOTA BRAW BROO BRUX BUBO BUBU BUHR BUMF BURA BURB BURS BYRE BYRL CADI CADS
CAFF CAFS CAGY CAID CAKY CALK CALO CALX CAPH CARK CAVY CAWS CAZH CECA CEDI CEES
CEIL CELS CEPE CEPS CETE CHID CHIS CION CIRE CIST CLAG CLEG CLEW CLON CLOY COFF
COFT COKY COLY CONI CONK CONY COOF COPI CORF CORM CORS COWY COXA COYS CRIA CUDS
CUIF CUKE CULM CURF CURN CURS CUSK CWMS CYMA CYME DAFF DAGO DAGS DAHS DAKS DALS
DAPS DARB DAUT DAWK DAWT DEIL DELF DELS DEME DEMY DEPS DEWS DEXY DEYS DHAK DHAL
DIDY DIEL DIFS DINS DIPT DIRL DITE DITS DITZ DJIN DOAT DOBE DOBY DOGY DOHS DOLS
DOOB DOPY DORP DOUM DOUT DOUX DOWS DOXX DOXY DOZY DRAT DREE DREG DREK DRIB DRUB
DRYS DUAD DUCI DUGS DUIT DUNT DUPS DURE DURN EATH EAUX ECHE ECHT ECOS ECRU ECUS
EDDO EDHS EEEW EELY EERY EFFS EFTS EGAD EGAL EGER EGIS EIDE EKES EKKA ELDS ELHI
ELMY EMES EMEU EMIC EMOS EMYD ENGS ENOL ENOW ENUF EPEE EPHA ERGS ERNS ERST ERUV
ESES ESNE ESTS ETAS ETHS ETIC ETUI EWER EXED EYAS EYEN EYER EYNE EYRA EYRY FABS
FAFF FAHS FALX FAMS FARD FARL FAYS FEAL FEEB FEHS FEME FEOD FERE FETS FEUS FIAR
FICE FIDS FILK FIRN FIXT FLEY FLIC FLOC FLUS FOGY FOHN FOIN FOLX FOOS FOPS FORB
FOYS FOZY FRIT FROE FROW FRUG FUBS FUCI FUDS FUGS FUGU FUMY FUNS FURL FUTZ FYCE
FYKE GABS GACH GADI GADS GAED GAEN GAES GAMB GAMP GAMY GANK GAPY GAUD GAUM GAUN
GAWP GEAN GECK GEDS GEED GELT GENU GHIS GIBE GIBS GIDS GIED GIEN GINK GIPS GIRN
GIRT GITE GLED GLEG GLEY GLIM GLOM GLOP GNAR GNUS GOAS GOBO GORM GORP GOWD GOWK
GOYS GRIG GROK GROT GRUE GRUM GUCK GULS GUVS GYBE GYPO GYPS GYRI GYVE HAAF HABU
HADJ HAED HAEM HAEN HAES HAET HAHS HAIK HALM HANT HARL HASP HEHS HENT HEPS HERL
HERN HEST HETH HETS HEWS HIED HIES HILI HIMS HINS HISN HOBS HODS HOED HOER HOLK
HOLP HOMY HORK HOWF HOWK HOYS HUIC HUNH HWYL HYLA HYPS HYTE IAMB ICHS ICKS IDYL
IGGS IGLU IKAT ILEA ILKA ILKS IMID IMMY IMPI INBY INIA INLY INRO IRED IRES IRID
ISBA IWIS IXIA IZAR JAGG JAPE JATO JAUK JAUP JEED JEES JETE JIBB JIBS JIFF JILT
JIMP JINK JINS JIRD JISM JIVY JOKY JOLE JOOK JOTS JOUK JOWS JUBE JUGA JUKU JUPE
KAAS KABS KAES KAFS KAGU KAON KAPH KAPU KBAR KEAS KEEK KEET KEFS KELT KEPI KEPS
KERF KETA KHAF KHET KHIS KIBE KIFS KIPS KIRN KIRS KLIK KNAP KNAR KNOP KNUR KOAS
KOBS KOEL KOIS KONK KOPH KOPS KRAI KUES KUFI KUNE KVAS KYAK KYAR KYAT KYES KYTE
LAHS LAIC LAKY LALL LAMS LANK LARN LASE LATI LATU LAVS LEKE LEKS LEKU LEPT LEUD
LEVO LEVS LEWK LIMN LIMY LINY LIPE LIRI LITS LITU LOCS LOGY LOID LOOF LOPS LOTI
LOTO LOUR LOWN LUDE LUDS LUES LUMS LUNK LUNS LUNY LUVS LWEI LYCH LYES MABE MAMS
MAUN MAUT MAWN MAWS MAZY MEED MELS MEOU MERL MEWL MEZE MHOS MIBS MIFF MIGG MIRK
MIRS MIRY MITY MIXT MOAS MOGS MOHO MOIL MOLS MOME MOMI MOOL MOPY MOSK MOUE MOXA
MOZO MPOX MUGG MUMP MUMU MUNS MURE MUSO MUTS MYCS MYNA NABE NAES NAIF NANS NAOI
NAOS NARE NARK NAVS NEAP NEBS NEEP NEGS NEIF NEUK NEUM NEVI NEWB NIDE NIDI NIFF
NIPA NIXE NIXY NODI NOGG NOGS NOIL NUBS NURD NURL OAFS OAST OATY OBAS OBES OBIA
OBIS OBOL OCAS OCHE ODAH ODAS ODEA ODIC ODYL OFAY OGAM OGEE OHED OHIA OIKS OKAS
OKEH OKES OLDY OLEA OLEO OLES OMAS ONOS OOHS OOTS OOZY OPAH OPAS OPES ORAD ORBY
ORLE ORRA ORTS ORZO OSAR OSSA OTIC OUDS OUPH OUZO OWIE OWLY OWSE OWTS OXER OXES
OXIC OXID OXIM OYER OYES OYEZ PACY PALY PAMS PARD PASE PATY PAUA PAWL PEAG PEAN
PECH PEHS PEIN PEKE PELF PEPO PEPS PFUI PHEO PHIS PHIZ PHUT PIAL PIAN PIAS PICE
PIKI PILY PINY PIPY PIRN PIXY PLEW PLIE POGY POKY POME POOD POUF POXY PRAO PRAU
PREX PRIG PROA PSIS PTUI PUCE PUDS PUDU PULE PULK PULS PUNG PUPU PURS PWNS PYAS
PYES PYIC PYIN QADI QAID QATS QOPH QUAG QUEY RAGG RAGI RAIA RALE RASE REFT REIF
REMS REPP RESH RETS RHOS RHUS RIDS RIFS RILL RIMY RINS ROCS ROES ROIL ROPY ROTL
ROUE ROUP RUED RUER RUGA RULY RYAS RYES RYKE RYND RYOT RYUS SABS SADI SAGY SALP
SALS SARD SCAG SCOP SCOW SCRY SCUP SCUT SEGO SEGS SELS SEPS SEVS SHMO SHOG SHWA
SIAL SIBB SICE SICS SIDH SILD SINH SIPE SIZY SKAG SKAS SKAT SKED SKEG SKEP SKRY
SKUA SLUB SLUE SMEW SNAW SNED SNIB SNIT SNYE SOHS SOJA SOKE SOMS SORB SORD SORN
SOTH SOTS SOYS SPAE SPIK SPIV SPUE SRIS STAW STET STEY STOA STOB STOT STUM STYE
SUBA SUDD SUER SUGH SUKH SUKS SUMY SUNN SUPS SUQS SURD SWOB SWOP SYBO SYCE SYKE
SYLI SYPH TACE TADS TAEL TAHR TAUS TAVS TAWS TECS TEDS TEFF TEGG TEGS TEGU TEIN
TELS TEPA TETH TETS TEWS THAE THIO THIR TIKE TILS TIRL TIVY TIYN TIZZ TOCO TODS
TODY TOEA TOLE TOLT TOLU TOOM TOPI TORC TOST TOWY TREF TRET TROG TRUG TSKS TUIS
TUMP TUNS TUPS TURR TWAE TYEE TYER TYES TYIN TYPP TYPY TZAR UDOS UGHS UKES ULUS
ULVA UMBO UMPH UNAU UNBE UNCI UNCO UNDY UPAS UPBY URBS URDS URPS URUS UTAS UVEA
VACS VAGI VAIR VATU VAUS VAVS VAWS VAXX VEES VEXT VIFF VIGA VIGS VIMS VINS VINY
VIRL VLEI VOES VOGS VROW VUGG VUGH VUGS VULN WABS WADY WAES WAFF WAIR WALY WAME
WANS WANY WAPS WAUK WAUL WAUR WAWL WAWS WEEL WEER WEES WEKA WENS WHAP WHID WHIN
WHOP WHUP WINY WISS WIST WITE WIVE WOAD WOGS WOKS WONS WOPS WOST WOTS WYCH WYES
WYLE WYND WYNS WYTE XYST YACK YAFF YAGE YAGS YAJE YALD YAPS YAUD YAUP YAWP YAWS
YAYS YEAN YECH YEGG YELD YELK YENS YEOW YEPS YERK YETT YEUK YEWS YIDS YILL YINS
YIPE YIRD YIRR YLEM YOBS YOCK YODH YODS YOGH YOKS YOMP YOND YOOF YOWE YOWL YOWS
YUCA YUCH YUKE YUKS YUPS YUTZ YWIS ZARF ZEBU ZEDA ZEDS ZEES ZEKS ZEPS ZERK ZIGS
ZILL ZINS ZITI ZIZZ ZOEA ZOIC ZONK ZOON ZORI ZUKE ZYME

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