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Words Without Vowels

121 of them, all valid in ENABLE. Every playable word with no A, E, I, O or U.

A rack with no vowels is the worst hand in the game, and this is the list that rescues it. Most of these lean on Y or W doing a vowel's job—myth, crwth—and a few, like hmm and brr, have no vowel sound at all.

Knowing six of these is usually the difference between exchanging tiles and scoring.

The words

All 121 of them, everyday words first.

Everyday words 16

Word-game words 105

What is in this list

Every entry here appears in ENABLE, so a word game will accept it. Scores are raw tile totals in Scrabble, with the Words With Friends score on hover—the two games value tiles differently, and the gap is largest exactly where it matters, on the high-value letters.

Words in total
121
Everyday words
16
Highest Scrabble score
syzygy at 25
Average Scrabble score
11.6
Longest
glycyls at 7 letters
Letters that turn up most
Y 83%, S 55%, H 40%, P 28%, T 28%, L 23%

Questions

How many words without vowels are there?
121 in ENABLE, the word list Scrabble and Words With Friends programs validate against. This page lists them all where the list is short enough, and the most common of them where it is not.
Which one scores highest?
syzygy, at 25 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. That is raw tile value: a bonus square can multiply it, and a seven-tile play adds fifty on top.
What is the longest?
glycyls, at 7 letters. The list spans 2 to 7 letters.
Which are worth learning first?
The ones you will actually get a chance to play: by, my, why, try, mm, dry, fly, sky. The list is ordered that way, most common first.

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