Below is a list of 48 male first names that are common in the United States and are also legal Scrabble words under OWL2. However, all obviously-playable words have been eliminated from the list. What remains are words that are either uncommon or are slang or technical terms that one might otherwise suspect were not playable.
The advantage of a list like this is that the words and their spellings do not need to be memorized. The only thing to remember is whether a particular common name is in the list or not. The words highlighted in red are either played fairly often or are 7+ letters long and thus represent potential bingos.
One final remark: take a look at the last two words in the list!
1. joe
2. ben
3. max
4. ted
5. tom
6. dan
7. lee2. ben
3. max
4. ted
5. tom
6. dan
8. jerry
9. alan
10. tony
11. troy
12. kent
13. henry
14. marc
15. cory
16. brent
17. mike
18. jesse
19. jordan
20. louis
21. peter
22. roger
23. carl
24. pedro
25. lewis
26. shawn
27. perry
28. willie
29. ralph
30. billy
31. kelly
32. jimmy
33. rick
34. johnny
35. morris
36. martin
37. nelson
38. joseph
39. gilbert
40. alfredo
41. kirk40. alfredo
42. jimmie
43. tommy
44. timothy
45. johnnie
46. charlie
47. benjamin
48. franklin
45. johnnie
46. charlie
47. benjamin
48. franklin
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