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Words Heavy in Vowels
in the Official Scrabble® Players Dictionary (as of 2-Mar-98)

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   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:
 
HILI IMID INTI IWIS LIRI MIRI PIKI TIPI
IBIS IMPI IRID IXIA MIDI NIDI PILI TITI
ILIA INIA IRIS KIWI MINI NISI TIKI ZITI

These are the 4-letter words consisting of 2 U's and 2 consonants:
 
FUGU JUJU KURU LULU SULU ULUS URUS
GURU KUDU LUAU MUMU TUTU UNAU

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 211 6-letter words with E's consisting of 4 vowels and 2 consonants.
These are the 59 6-letter words lacking E's consisting of 4 vowels and 2 consonants:
 
AALIIS AMADOU AUDIOS HOODOO OIDIUM VOODOO
ABASIA AMUSIA AURORA HOOPOO OOMIAC YAUTIA
ABULIA ANOPIA AUROUS IGUANA OOMIAK ZAIKAI
ACACIA ANOXIA AUSUBO IODOUS OORALI ZOARIA
ACAJOU ANURIA BOOBOO IONIUM OPIOID
ADAGIO AOUDAD BOOHOO KOODOO OURARI
AGAPAI ARIOSI BOUBOU KOUROI QUALIA
AGOUTI ARIOSO COOCOO MIAOUS QUINOA
AIKIDO ATAXIA DAIMIO MOIRAI SOUARI
AIOLIS AUCUBA GIAOUR MUUMUU URANIA
ALODIA AUDIAL GUAIAC ODIOUS UTOPIA

These are the 7-letter words consisting of 5 vowels and 2 consonants:
 
ABOULIA AEROBIA AREOLAE EPINAOI EXUVIAE OUGUIYA
ACEQUIA ALIENEE AUREATE EUCAINE IPOMOEA ROULEAU
AECIDIA AMOEBAE AUREOLA EUGENIA MIAOUED SEQUOIA
AENEOUS ANAEMIA AUREOLE EULOGIA NOUVEAU TAENIAE
AEOLIAN AQUARIA AURORAE EUPNOEA OOGONIA URAEMIA
AEONIAN AQUEOUS COUTEAU EVACUEE OUABAIN ZOOECIA

These are the 8-letter words consisting of 6 vowels and 2 consonants:
 
ABOIDEAU ABOITEAU AUREOLAE EPOPOEIA EULOGIAE

There are only 29 9-letter words consisting of 6 vowels and 3 consonants, but their usefulness is too low to be worthy of listing here.


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