Are there any words without a vowel?

Answer 1

Other than interjections such as "Ooo!" and "Aieee!" (OED variant of aiyee), there are almost no English words consisting of vowels, or having only vowel sounds.

There are the one-letter words I and a, but the others listed as Scrabble words are not everyday English:

AA - AE - AI - AIA -

EA - EAU - EE - EUOI - EUOUAE -

IO - OE - OI - OO - OU

Of these, only eau, from French, seems familiar. The term euoi is ostensibly a cry from a Bacchian revelry and euouae is a mnemonic of the vowels in seculorum amen (last two words of a Gregorian chant in Latin).

Answer 2

All English words have vowels or vowel sounds. The letter Y, although it is a consonant, can also be a vowel. In some Welsh words, the letter W is a vowel.

Some acronyms (or initialisms such as CNN) may not have vowels, and onomatopoeia words such as psst, shh, mmmand grr have vowel sounds but not actual vowels. The sounds zzz and tsk are not even spoken words (snoring, clucking tongue).

The mathematical word nth also has no vowels (but is pronounced as enth).

For more, see the related question below.

Answer 3

Yes!

You have used one of them!

# a # ae # ai (type of sloth; also an interjection) # Ea (Babylonian God)

# eau (French for water. Does that count?) # euouae # I

# Io

# oi # oo See 'Related links' below for more information.

Answer 4

All English words have vowels or vowel sounds. The letter Y, although it is a consonant, can also be a vowel. In some Welsh words, the letter W is a vowel.

Some acronyms (or initialisms such as CNN) may not have vowels, and onomatopoeia words such as psst, shh, and grr have vowel sounds but not actual vowels.

For more, see the related question below.

Answer 5

Cauliflower, automobile... There are about many

Answer 6

There is no English word without a vowel. Y is a vowel in many words, and in some it is the only vowel.

The vowels are a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y

Answer 7

egg

apple

aadrvark

animal

igloo

immature

into

oblong

Answer 8

W isn't a vowel.