Earlier this year we published a series of articles showing different ways to learn words.

Another method is to take a discrete set of words and learn them. This month we will publish 4 discrete alphabet sets for you to learn.

Many of the 'letters' are fairly well known, but there may be a gem or two for you to unearth! In future we will study the Hebrew, Arabic and Greek alphabets.

Firstly the NATO phonetic alphabet. 

Here all the words represent a letter from the English language. A couple of the letters have variant spellings this is to help non-English speakers pronounce the word correctly. (For example, the French would typically pronounce 'Juliet' as "Julie-AY" but will pronounce the final 't' sound when a second 't' is added to the end of the word)

Unless otherwise stated ALL words listed below are valid in Scrabble.

Alpha or Alfa 

Bravo

Charlie

Delta

Echo

Foxtrot

Golf

Hotel

India

Juliet or Juliett (JULIET is valid, JULIETT is not)

Kilo

Lima

Mike

November

Oscar

Papa

Quebec

Romeo

Sierra

Tango

Uniform

Victor

Whiskey

X-ray or Xray  (XRAY is valid, X-RAY is not)

Yankee

Zulu