No common English words have the spelling YOO. There are many words that sound like YOO that have only a U or an EW:
cue,
cute, mute
few, mew, pew
uniform, unique
*There is some ambiguity for words such as pure, which is classed as a short YOO because it precedes an R, while the word puce is classed as a long YOO.
Some words that have the long U (long OO, long YOO) sound:
-- avenue, blue, cue, due, flue, glue, hue, imbue, rue, sue, statue, true, value
(and words that include them, such as accrue and undue)
-- cruel, duel, fuel
* The word puerile, like pure, can be considered a short OO or long OO.
No English words end in yoo.
Yes. The sound of the letter (yoo) is heard.
Yes, it is a long U sound (yoo).
The sound of a long vowel is usually the same as the name of the letter. However, the long U as seen in chute and flute is the OO sound, not the YOO sound. So most sources consider the long OO and long YOO the same long vowel sound, with or without the consonant y-glide. Long OO words : cool, moon, dune, suit, due (also do and dew), stew, lieu, deuce Long OO (YOO) words : cute, fuel, uniform, beauty (Short OO words : good, foot, soot, put, could)
No, it has a long U (long YOO) and a silent E.
The words mute and butte (beaut) have the yoo sound.Also the two-syllable words compute, dispute, impute, and refute. And newt in some pronunciations.
The UI pair has a long OO sound. The "yoo" sound is heard in words such as cute and fuel.
The vowel sound is a long U (long OO) vowel sound (floot).The YOO sound is another form of the long U, long OO, where a consonant shapes a y-sound. Some YOO words are cute, mute, fuel, feud, and uniform.
Some words with the "yoo" vowel sound include: Blue True Flu Due
The word cute has a long U (long YOO) sound as in mute, mule, cue, feud, and fuel. The YOO sound is also in U words without a silent E, such as unit, uniform, and united EW words such as few and view
Youth
Yes. The sound of the letter (yoo) is heard.
Yes. The words commune and community have a long U or long OO sound that sounds like YOO. (kuh-myoon-ih-tee)
Yes, the word "humor" has a long vowel sound in American English, where the "u" is pronounced like "yoo."
Yes. The word "useful" has the long (yoo) sound.
Yes, it is a long U sound (yoo).
The word "nephew" has a short u sound, pronounced like "NEF-yoo."
The word "view" has an "oo" sound, like in "blue" or "shoe".