OWL2 Words Heavy in Vowels
Note these words are from an older, out-of-date, word list.
Words suffixed with a plus sign are new in OWL2 as of March 1, 2006.
It is not unusual to find yourself with too many vowels in a
game of Scrabble®.
The following lists can help you make plays which rid you of
these nasties while scoring.
These are the 2- and 3-letter words consisting of vowels
only:
AA
AE
AI
OE
OI+
EAU
There are no 3-letter words consisting of 2 I's and a consonant.
This is the 3-letter word consisting of 2 U's and a consonant:
ULU
These are the 4-letter words consisting
of 3 vowels and a consonant: |
|
AEON |
AKEE |
AQUA |
BEAU |
EPEE |
IOTA |
NAOI |
OLEO |
TOEA |
AERO |
ALAE |
AREA |
CIAO |
ETUI |
IXIA |
OBIA |
OLIO |
UNAI |
AGEE |
ALEE |
ARIA |
EASE |
EURO |
JIAO |
OBOE |
OOZE |
UNAU |
AGIO |
ALOE |
ASEA |
EAUX |
IDEA |
LIEU |
ODEA |
OUZO |
UREA |
AGUE |
AMIA |
AURA |
EAVE |
ILEA |
LUAU |
OGEE |
QUAI |
UVEA |
AIDE |
AMIE |
AUTO |
EIDE |
ILIA |
MEOU |
OHIA |
RAIA |
ZOEA |
AJEE |
ANOA |
AWEE |
EMEU |
INIA |
MOUE |
OLEA |
ROUE |
These are the 4-letter words consisting
of 2 I's and 2 consonants: |
|
BIDI+ |
IMID |
IRID |
KIWI |
MINI |
NISI |
TIKI |
ZITI |
HILI |
IMPI |
IRIS |
LIRI |
MIRI |
PIKI |
TIPI |
IBIS |
INTI |
IWIS |
MIDI |
NIDI |
PILI |
TITI |
These are the 4-letter words consisting
of 2 U's and 2 consonants: |
|
BUBU+ |
GURU |
JUKU+ |
KURU |
MUMU |
SULU |
ULUS |
FUGU |
JUJU |
KUDU |
LULU |
PUPU+ |
TUTU |
URUS |
These are the 5-letter words consisting
of 4 vowels and a consonant: |
|
AALII |
AERIE |
AREAE |
AUREI |
LOOIE |
OIDIA |
QUEUE |
ADIEU |
AIOLI |
AUDIO |
COOEE |
LOUIE |
OORIE |
URAEI |
AECIA |
AQUAE |
AURAE |
EERIE |
MIAOU |
OURIE |
ZOEAE |
There are 222 6-letter words with E's consisting of 4 vowels and 2
consonants. |
These are the 66 6-letter words lacking E's consisting of 4 vowels and 2
consonants: |
|
AALIIS |
AIKIDO |
AOUDAD |
AUDIOS |
BOUBOU |
IGUANA |
MUUMUU |
QUALIA |
ZAIKAI |
ABASIA |
AIOLIS |
APORIA+ |
AURORA |
COOCOO |
IODOUS |
ODIOUS |
QUINOA |
ZOARIA |
ABULIA |
ALODIA |
ARIOSI |
AUROUS |
DAIMIO |
IONIUM |
OIDIUM |
SOUARI |
ACACIA |
AMADOU |
ARIOSO |
AUSUBO |
DOODOO+ |
KOODOO |
OOMIAC |
UAKARI+ |
ACAJOU |
AMUSIA |
ATAXIA |
BOOBOO |
GIAOUR |
KOUROI |
OOMIAK |
URANIA |
ADAGIO |
ANOPIA |
ATONIA+ |
BOOCOO+ |
GUAIAC |
LAOGAI+ |
OORALI |
UTOPIA |
AGAPAI |
ANOXIA |
AUCUBA |
BOOHOO |
HOODOO |
MIAOUS |
OPIOID |
VOODOO |
AGOUTI |
ANURIA |
AUDIAL |
BOOKOO+ |
HOOPOO |
MOIRAI |
OURARI |
YAUTIA |
These are the 7-letter words consisting
of 5 vowels and 2 consonants: |
|
ABOULIA |
AEONIAN |
AQUARIA |
AUREOLA |
EUCAINE |
EXUVIAE |
OOGONIA |
TAENIAE |
ACEQUIA |
AEROBIA |
AQUEOUS |
AUREOLE |
EUGENIA |
IPOMOEA |
OUABAIN |
URAEMIA |
AECIDIA |
ALIENEE |
AREOLAE |
AURORAE |
EULOGIA |
MIAOUED |
OUGUIYA |
ZOOECIA |
AENEOUS |
AMOEBAE |
AUDITEE+ |
COUTEAU |
EUPNOEA |
NOUVEAU |
ROULEAU |
AEOLIAN |
ANAEMIA |
AUREATE |
EPINAOI |
EVACUEE |
OIDIOID+ |
SEQUOIA |
These are the 8-letter words consisting
of 6 vowels and 2 consonants: |
|
ABOIDEAU |
ABOITEAU |
AUREOLAE |
EPOPOEIA |
EULOGIAE |
There are only 40 9-letter words consisting of 6 vowels and 3
consonants, but their usefulness is too low to be worthy of
listing here. OWL2 introduced 11 of these words.