This is an incomplete list of letter selection indicators. Most of these are either used possessively, postpositively or in two-word compounds, though some setters permit the use of a one-word word-indicator compound such as "horntail" for "n" (the last letter of "horn").
Note that selecting both the first and last letters is equivalent to deleting all of the middle letters; such deletion indicators can be found over at the deletion indicators list.
First letters[]
- at first
- at the outset
- a piece of
- basically
- beginners
- beginning
- beginning to
- capital(s)
- entrance
- extreme
- firstly
- first bits of
- first of
- first of all
- first sign of
- front
- head
- heading
- head(s) of
- in front of
- initial
- initially
- introduction
- lead(s)
- lead(s) to
- leader(s)
- opener
- opening
- origin
- primarily
- principal
- principally
- prow
- root(s)
- some
- start(s)
- starts to
- starter(s)
- to begin with
- tips
- top
- top of
Last letter[]
- at last
- back
- bottom
- close to
- conclusion to
- end
- ending(s)
- ending with
- extreme
- final
- finale
- finally
- finish
- last
- lastly
- latest
- right(s)
- tail
- ultimately
Both first and last letters[]
- banks
- borders
- case
- case of
- casing
- edges
- extremely
- fringe
- hollow
- outsiders
- sides
- wrapper
Middle one or two letters[]
- at heart
- central
- centre
- core
- middle
- nucleus
- stuffing
All middle letters[]
- centre/center
- central
- innards
- inside
- insiders
- peeled
- skinned
- stuffing
Alternate letters[]
- alternately
- at odds
- evenly
- evens
- every other
- intermittently
- oddly
- odds
- on and off
- regularly