The 12 Ultimate English Words

Of the 100 most common English words, only 12 can be found in the spellings of words under all of these categories: Countries of the World, Country Capitals, U.S. States, State Capitals, and Elements. Guess the 12 “Ultimate English Words,” then provide one answer under each category which includes that word.
All 12 of the “Ultimate English Words “ are two-letter words.
Based on Quizmaster's 100 Most Common English Words
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Last updated: February 23, 2026
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Category
Answer
Top 100 Word:
AN
Country:
Afghanistan | Albania | Andorra | Angola | Antigua and Barbuda | Azerbaijan | Bangladesh | Bhutan | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Botswana | Canada | Central African Republic | Dominican Republic | Finland | France | Germany | Guyana | Iceland | Iran | Ireland | Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Lebanon | Lithuania | Marshall Islands | Mauritania | Myanmar | Netherlands | New Zealand | Oman | Pakistan | Panama | Poland | Romania | Rwanda | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | San Marino | Sao Tome and Principe | Solomon Islands | South Sudan | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Switzerland | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Thailand | Trinidad and Tobago | Turkmenistan | Uganda | Uzbekistan | Vanuatu | Vatican City
County Capital:
Amman | Andorra la Vella | Ankara | Antananarivo | Astana | Bandar Seri Begawan | Bangkok | Bangui | Banjul | Belmopan | Canberra | Domingo | Dushanbe | Hanoi | Havana | Kathmandu | Ljubljana | Luanda | Managua | Manama | Manila | Mbabane | Panama City | Pyongyang | Sana'a | San Jose | San Marino | San Salvador | Santiago | Santo Domingo | Tehran | Tirana | Ulaanbaatar | Vatican City | Vientiane | Yerevan
U.S. State:
Arkansas | Indiana | Kansas | Louisiana | Maryland | Michigan | Montana | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island
State Capital:
Albany | Annapolis | Atlanta | Frankfort | Indianapolis | Lansing | Santa Fe
Element:
Antimony | Francium | Germanium | Lanthanum | Manganese | Oganesson | Scandium | Tantalum | Titanium | Uranium | Vanadium
 
 
Category
Answer
Top 100 Word:
AS
Country:
Bahamas | Burkina Faso | East Timor | Honduras | Ivory Coast | Madagascar
County Capital:
Ashgabat | Asmara | Astana | Asuncion | Basseterre | Brasilia | Castries | Damascus | Kinshasa | Maseru | Nassau | Tashkent | Washington D.C.
U.S. State:
Alaska | Arkansas | Kansas | Massachusetts | Nebraska | Texas | Washington
State Capital:
Nashville | Tallahassee
Element:
Astatine | Hassium | Potassium | Praseodymium
 
 
Category
Answer
Top 100 Word:
DO
Country:
Andorra | Barbados | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | El Salvador | Indonesia | Moldova | North Macedonia | United Kingdom
County Capital:
Andorra la Vella | Dodoma | Doha | London | Ouagadougou | San Salvador | Santo Domingo
U.S. State:
Colorado
State Capital:
Dover
Element:
Gadolinium | Radon
 
 
Category
Answer
Top 100 Word:
GO
Country:
Angola | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Mongolia | Republic of the Congo | Togo | Trinidad and Tobago
County Capital:
Bogota | Ouagadougou | Podgorica | Santiago | Santo Domingo
U.S. State:
Oregon
State Capital:
Montgomery
Element:
Argon | Gold
 
 
Top 100 Word:
IN
Country:
Argentina | Bahrain | Benin | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Burkina Faso | China | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Equatorial Guinea | Eswatini | Finland | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | India | Indonesia | Liechtenstein | Papua New Guinea | Philippines | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | San Marino | Singapore | Spain | Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago | Ukraine | United Kingdom
County Capital:
Beijing | Berlin | Bloemfontein | Chisinau | Dublin | Helsinki | Kingston | Kingstown | Kinshasa | Minsk | Port-au-Prince | Port-of-Spain | Pristina | Saint George's | Saint John's | San Marino | Santo Domingo | Singapore | Tallinn | Washington D.C. | Wellington | Windhoek
U.S. State:
Illinois | Indiana | Maine | Minnesota | North Carolina | South Carolina | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming
State Capital:
Austin | Des Moines | Indianapolis | Lansing | Lincoln | Springfield
Element:
Actinium | Aluminum | Astatine | Bromine | Chlorine | Einsteinium | Fluorine | Gadolinium | Indium | Iodine | Platinum | Protactinium | Tennessine | Tin | Zinc
 
 
Category
Answer
Top 100 Word:
ME
Country:
Armenia | Cameroon | Mexico | Suriname | Turkmenistan | Yemen
County Capital:
Mexico City | N'Djamena | Niamey | Rome
U.S. State:
New Mexico
State Capital:
Montgomery | Sacramento
Element:
Americium | Meitnerium | Mendelevium | Mercury | Promethium
 
 
Category
Answer
Top 100 Word:
NO
Country:
Lebanon | North Korea | North Macedonia | Norway | San Marino
County Capital:
Buenos Aires | Cotonou | Hanoi | Nouakchott | Phnom Penh | Porto-Novo | San Marino
U.S. State:
Illinois | North Carolina | North Dakota
State Capital:
Honolulu
Element:
Nobelium | Xenon
 
 
Category
Answer
Top 100 Word:
ON
Country:
Cameroon | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Estonia | Federated States of Micronesia | Gabon | Honduras | Indonesia | Lebanon | Monaco | Mongolia | Montenegro | North Macedonia | Republic of the Congo | Sierra Leonne | Solomon Islands | Tonga
County Capital:
Bloemfontein | Conakry | Cotonou | Gaborone | Honiara | Kingston | Lilongwe | Lisbon | London | Monaco | Monrovia | Montevideo | Moroni | Pyongyang | Washington D.C. | Wellington
U.S. State:
Arizona | Connecticut | Montana | Oregon | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin
State Capital:
Baton Rouge | Boston | Carson City | Charleston | Concord | Honolulu | Jackson | Jefferson City | Madison | Montgomery | Montpelier | Richmond | Trenton
Element:
Antimony | Argon | Boron | Carbon | Iron | Krypton | Neon | Nihonium | Oganesson | Plutonium | Polonium | Radon | Silicon | Strontium | Xenon | Zirconium
 
 
Top 100 Word:
OR
Country:
Andorra | Comoros | East Timor | Ecuador | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | Georgia | Ivory Coast | Jordan | Morocco | North Korea | North Macedonia | Norway | Portugal | Singapore | South Korea
County Capital:
Andorra la Vella | Gaborone | Georgetown | Moroni | Podgorica | Port-au-Prince | Port Louis | Port Moresby | Porto-Novo | Port-of-Spain | Port Vila | Pretoria | Saint George's | San Salvador | Singapore | Victoria
U.S. State:
California | Colorado | Florida | Georgia | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Oregon
State Capital:
Concord | Frankfort | Hartford
Element:
Boron | Chlorine | Fluorine | Livermorium | Nielsbohrium | Phosphorus | Rutherfordium | Seaborgium | Thorium
 
 
Category
Answer
Top 100 Word:
SO
Country:
Burkina Faso | Kosovo | Lesotho | Solomon Islands | Somalia | South Africa | South Korea | South Sudan
County Capital:
South Tarawa | Yamoussoukro
U.S. State:
Minnesota | Missouri | South Carolina | South Dakota
State Capital:
Carson City | Jackson | Jefferson City | Madison
Element:
Oganesson | Sodium
 
 
Category
Answer
Top 100 Word:
TO
Country:
Equatorial Guinea | Estonia | Sao Tome and Principe | Togo | Tonga | Trinidad and Tobago
County Capital:
Bridgetown | Cape Town | Cotonou | Freetown | Georgetown | Khartoum | Kingston | Kingstown | Maputo | Porto-Novo | Pretoria | Quito | Santo Domingo | Sao Tome | Stockholm | Tokyo | Victoria | Washington D.C. | Wellington
U.S. State:
Washington
State Capital:
Baton Rouge | Boston | Charleston | Sacramento | Topeka | Trenton
Element:
Krypton | Plutonium
 
 
Category
Answer
Top 100 Word:
US
Country:
Australia | Austria | Belarus | Cyprus | Mauritius | Russia
County Capital:
Brussels | Damascus | Dushanbe | Jerusalem | Lusaka | Muscat | Vilnius | Yamoussoukro
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
State Capital:
Augusta | Austin | Columbus
Element:
Phosphorus
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