Originally posted by JS357
Yes, it should be. Replace the hyphen ( - ) sequencially with a letter of the English alphabet a thru z, and find how many result in 3-letter English words. I have one in mind. It's best if you list the words.

Originally posted by JS357
What 2-letter particle can make the greatest number of commonly used English words?

For example, -or can make for, nor, and maybe others. -oo can make boo, coo, goo, loo, moo, too, woo -- and maybe others.

Upon reflection, i'm going with 'ap.'

Bap, cap, dap (kind of fish) fap, gap, hap (luck) Jap, kap, lap, map, nap, pap, rap, sap, tap, vap, wap, yap, zap.

bad, cad, dad, fad, gad, had, lad, mad, nad, pad, rad, sad, tad, wad, yad, zad

With the hyphen following the particle -- add, ade, ado, ads, adz

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
Upon reflection, i'm going with 'ap.'

Bap, cap, dap (kind of fish) fap, gap, hap (luck) Jap, kap, lap, map, nap, pap, rap, sap, tap, vap, wap, yap, zap.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
bad, cad, dad, fad, gad, had, lad, mad, nad, pad, rad, sad, tad, wad, yad, zad

With the hyphen following the particle -- add, ade, ado, ads, adz

One more for ad.

In one of her many roles as monarch, Britain's Queen Elizabeth reigns
as Adi -- ceremonial Queen of Fiji, a former crown colony

That makes 23.

adz

Originally posted by wolfgang59
adz

Originally posted by HandyAndy
One more for ad.

In one of her many roles as monarch, Britain's Queen Elizabeth reigns
as Adi -- ceremonial Queen of Fiji, a former crown colony

That makes 23.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
did, bid, kid, lid, bid, mid, hid, rid.
How 'bout "ar".

Originally posted by HandyAndy
One more for ad.

In one of her many roles as monarch, Britain's Queen Elizabeth reigns
as Adi -- ceremonial Queen of Fiji, a former crown colony

That makes 23.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
One more for ad.

In one of her many roles as monarch, Britain's Queen Elizabeth reigns
as Adi -- ceremonial Queen of Fiji, a former crown colony

That makes 23.

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
To 'ap' I'm going to add OAP and UAP.

That makes 24.

😏

Originally posted by Torunn
bar
car
far
jar
oar
par
tar
war