Left list (2 letters each)

IW

JC, SL, AC

JT

MB, PT

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8-letter main list first row

OVERLORD

?

THRILLED

CRANIUMS

?

VOLCANIC

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second row

VOMITING

CROCHET

?

REAWAKEN

VOCALIZE

?

?

third row

?

PATOOTIE

SPOOKING

?

?

?

NUMEROUS

?

?

?

Codes attachment

Each of these can be decoded with the Caesar cipher -3 to reveal the keyword for the Vigenere ciphers in the other four episodes at the beginning of season 2.

ZLGGOH (WIDDLE), Scaryoke

VKLIWHU (SHIFTER), Into the Bunker

ZKDWHYV (WHATEVS), The Golf War

EHDUR (BEARO), Soos and the Real Girl

Speaking of Soos and the Real Girl, a Post-it note on Soos' computer says "Password: FIXINIT1." FIXINIT1 is also Soos's license plate number, as seen in Society of the Blind Eye. Note: Soos and Stan both have 8 characters on their license plate, but the legal limit in Oregon is 6.

Cryptogram in book

When decoded with the atbash cipher, it reads: "Pure energy, not skin and bone, rising like the Shepard tone." The Shepard tone is an auditory illusion where a tone seems to perpetually rise in pitch. In other words, it sounds like the sound is rising forever, but it's really not. My best guess is that this phrase describes Bill, who, as per his own admission, is a being of pure energy, and seems to be continually increasing his power, but in reality has limits.

My guesses

I have thought of a few more possible passwords that have eight characters:

STNLYMBL

MCGUCKET

MCGKNOWS

JOURNALS

STAN1982

VIGENERE

Part 1

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The Golf War pt 1

The Golf War pt 2

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