Letters from clues
- Abbreviations
- Foreign words
- Roman Numerals
- Chemical Symbols
- US States.
Abbreviations
There are just too many to list here and no list can be definitive. Essentially if an abbreviation for something is used its fair game.
Examples
- Doctor MD, MO, MB
- Penny D
- Hot H
- Queen ER
Foreign Words
Words to know the meaning of are 'the', 'and' and 'of' in a lot of European languages
Examples
- French The - Les, Le, La
- French Of - De
- French And - Et
- German The - Der, Die, Das
- German And - Und
- Spanish or Italian The - El, La
Roman Numerals
Examples
- One I
- Four IV
- Five V
- Six VI
- Nine IX
- Ten X
- Eleven XI
- Fifty L
- Hundred C
- Five Hundred D
- One Thousand M
Chemical Symbols
There are about 110 of these. About 20 are commonly used.
A couple of tricky common ones are listed.
Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen are easy they are just the first letter of the word.
Examples
- Copper Cu
- Tin Sn
- Silver Ag
- Gold Au
- Iron Fe
US States
Lovatts in particular likes the two letter abbreviations of US States.
https://www.ssa.gov/international/coc-docs/states.html
