Vowel-only Scrabble words
6 words in NWL202316 words in CSW24 · switch lists at the bottom of the page
Racks full of vowels are painful. These are the words that use only A, E, I, O and U, in NWL2023 and CSW24. AA, AE, AI, OE, OI, EAU and EUOUAE (the longest word made only of vowels) are the ones to know.
- AArough, cindery lava
- AEone
- AIa three-toed sloth
- AIA(Hindi) in India, a maid or nurse, also AYAH
- AUA(Maori) the yellow-eye mullet
- AUE(Maori) an exclamation of pain, distress or astonishment
- EA(dialect) a river
- EAUwater (a transparent, tasteless, odorless liquid)
- EE(Scots) an eye
- EUOI(Greek) expressing Bacchic frenzy, also EVOE, EVHOE, EVOHE
- EUOUAE(Latin) a name for a Gregorian cadence, also EVOVAE
- IOa cry of joy
- OEa whirlwind off the Faeroe islands
- OIoy
- OO(Scots) wool
- OU(South African) a man, a bloke
Common questions
- What is the longest Scrabble word made only of vowels?
- EUOUAE, a six-letter Gregorian chant term, valid in both NWL2023 and CSW24.