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