Originally posted by @kewpie3. ire
.. that start with I (that's i for iris). I've been told there are 20, but only 15 are recognisable words.
1. ice
2. ink
4. irk
5. ill
6. ivy
Originally posted by @kewpieBoth ick and iff are listed as words in the American Heritage Dictionary, among others.
Ira shouldn't, and I have my doubts about iff too - isn't it only an acronym or a name? I wouldn't have rated ick as a word, but the slang dictionary approves it.
Ick is used "to express horror, disgust, or repugnance" and iff is a conjunction in math meaning "if and only if."
Originally posted by @kewpieich
.. that start with I (that's i for iris). I've been told there are 20, but only 15 are recognisable words.
1. ice
2. ink
this used to be allowed in English Scrabble (when Chambers was official dictionary)