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11 Four-Letter Words

With well over 5,000 to choose from, getting a grip on the four-letter words is quite a job. Once again, you can make your life easier by concentrating on the most useful ones; they are the words with excess vowels or excess consonants, words that use J, Q, X and Z, and words that help you get rid of awkward letter combinations.

The most memorable of the four-letter words (though conversely, one you can easily misspell) is EUOI. It is one of various ways to spell “an expression of Bacchic frenzy”. (None of the other ways of spelling it is an all-vowel word.) As Bacchus was the Roman god of wine, what we are basically saying here is it’s what Romans shouted when they were drunk.

Knowing this meaning, you could form a little phrase to remember the tricky spelling. Try:

Excessive Units Of Intoxication

Not only do you remember how to spell the word, you now have an idea what to do when you’re finished playing Scrabble.