http://www.englishforums.com/English/PuzzlesRiddlesWordGames/Forum20.htmPeople find and post puzzles and riddles– short or long, easy or hard– and we all try to solve them.enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/11/bplp/Post.htm#584101Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:584101Grammar Geek0http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/11/bplp/Post.htm#584101http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-584101.xmlWith both an E and an O in that word, you obviously have a different definition of what a vowel is than most. This thread is no longer purposeful. There have been many answers given, and many discussions about what vowels are and what counts as a word. Time to close up shop.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/11/bplp/Post.htm#584082Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:584082Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/11/bplp/Post.htm#584082http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-584082.xmlEMBRYOhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#579633Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:579633Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#579633http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-579633.xmlFor crying out loud y is a vowel , (in American English), if it's used as a vowel ! Any college English and composition professor will tell you the same. CRWTH seems to be the only word given, besides NTH, and CWM that truly contain no vowels, unless you adopt the Welsh(?) rule that makes W a vowel Then that would make NTH the only word I've found. Arguably BRR!, HMM?, GRR!,TSKTSK might be considered. Are they real words? Depends on the dictionary. Will we ever know? Of course not, there are just too many conflicting rules! Damn this ridiculous language! I should really be doing my homework.. p.s. Thanks a lot Mr. Shay.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#554136Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:554136Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#554136http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-554136.xmlrhythms is not the longest word.actually word is TWYNDYLLYNGShttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#552725Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552725Anonymous4http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#552725http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-552725.xmltsktskhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#514285Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514285Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#514285http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-514285.xmlt c r c yhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#500719Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:500719Anonymous6http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#500719http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-500719.xmlrythms (if y isn't considered a vowel in it,hehe)http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#493913Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:493913Anonymous7http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#493913http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-493913.xmlRhythmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#493347Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:493347Anonymous8http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#493347http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-493347.xmlCryptshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#490204Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:490204Anonymous9http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#490204http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-490204.xmlname a six letter word with no vowels in it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#482970Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:482970Anonymous10http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/10/bplp/Post.htm#482970http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-482970.xmlcyclyrhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#482878Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:482878Anonymous11http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#482878http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-482878.xmlall words have voulshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#475403Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:475403Anonymous12http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#475403http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-475403.xmlit is CRWTHS - a lyre like instrumenthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#455479Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:455479Anonymous13http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#455479http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-455479.xmlRHYTHM!!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#454638Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:454638Anonymous14http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#454638http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-454638.xmlwhich english word has no vowle\http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#426149Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:426149Irnic15http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#426149http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-426149.xmlmythhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#421288Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:421288Anonymous16http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#421288http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-421288.xmlpssthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#405934Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:405934Anonymous17http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#405934http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-405934.xmlCRWTHhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#398980Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:398980Anonymous18http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#398980http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-398980.xmlNymphs cry by dry gypsy rhthms, or so I am toldhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#387742Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:387742Anonymous19http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/9/bplp/Post.htm#387742http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-387742.xmlwhat is it??? i need a word my g-ma said if i can find a word with no vowel she would give me money..please help me!!! -Kataina Atkinson &nbhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#381780Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:381780Anonymous20http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#381780http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-381780.xmlthere is no such word....http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#367205Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:367205Nejat21http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#367205http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-367205.xmlwow , so cool to see this topic as im into scrabble i know one with no vowel it is TSKTSK also you can add S ( tsktsks ) hehehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#366897Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:366897Anonymous22http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#366897http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-366897.xmlAnonymous wrote: ...Concerning the maximum number of successive consonants in one word is only THREE consonants... What do you say then of words like menstruation? It has four successive consonants.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#358260Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:358260Anonymous23http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#358260http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-358260.xmlstrengthhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#353096Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:353096Anonymous24http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#353096http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-353096.xmlSyzygy, but I think the Y's count as vowels.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#352851Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:352851Anonymous25http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#352851http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-352851.xmlhi.it wad't that much tough question.the word s rhythm..??am i correcthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#351836Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351836Anonymous26http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#351836http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-351836.xmlIn phonologyy" the sudy of speech sounds of a language, no meaningful english word consists of voweless sounds.Concerning the maximum number of successive consonants in one word is only THREE consonants, this is what they call in phonlogy the cluster of consantants , and it is language specific .Each language has its own cluster of consonants, In English , these three consonants must have some disinctive features, it means not any three consonats can go togother unless the first consonant is an"s" the second one is a voicless anterior stop sound likt "t-k.." and the third one is a latteral sound"l-r". Based on this there is no six letter word in english having no vowel.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#349363Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:349363Anonymous27http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#349363http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-349363.xmlI wonder whether anyone will read this, as the discussion above is pretty old, but I just have to observe that in Czech language we have whole sentences without any written vowel, like "Strč prst skrz krk!" (Push your finger through your throat!). :-)http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#349197Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:349197Anonymous28http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/8/bplp/Post.htm#349197http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-349197.xmlAnonymous wrote: well the thing about the english langauge is that it is impossible to spell a word properly with out any vowels so you should say to that teacher or any other teach like that if my message is to late then i hope you leared a grammer lesson to teach a teacher this is a grade 6 student speakinghttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#347934Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:347934Anonymous29http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#347934http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-347934.xmlHow about nth. Like the hotel is beautiful to the nth degree.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#342973Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:342973Woolduck30http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#342973http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-342973.xmlThanks so much for that list. I do crossword puzzles and that will be a great help with words that use a Y. I do respectfully disagree with the person who made this list when they say it is a list of words with no vowels. In most of the words the Y is used as a vowel. But it is a handy list. I will also use this list with my students when I teach them about Y having the job of being both a vowel and a consonant. S ome of the "words" are really onomatopoeia, a Greek word which we use for a word which imitates a sound: brrrr, grrrr. These are exceptions. Other words in the list are from other languages which do not always require a vowel : CRWTHS In general, normal English words always require a vowel except under exceptional...http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#342743Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:342743Anonymous31http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#342743http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-342743.xmlit culd be a vowel word because it has the letter Y!! and sometimes a Y can be a vowel so yuur not rite and yuur not rong .http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#342654Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:342654Woolduck32http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#342654http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-342654.xmlIs the letter Y a vowel or a consonant? The answer is that it depends. It is the one letter in English that can officially be either one. It has the job of being one or the other depending upon where it is in a word and what kind of letter it is next to. Y is a vowel when it is next to a consonant or in between two consonants. Examples are "bicycle", "marry", "sky", "type", "cyclone" and the woman's name "Yvonne". It can have the sound of "ee" or "eye". It is a consonant when it is next to a vowel or in between two vowels. Examples are "yellow", "say" , "Mayan", "mayor" and "prayer". So the word "rhythm" does have a vowel because the y is in between two consonants . As with anything in English, all rules can be broken....http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#341101Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:341101Anonymous33http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#341101http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-341101.xmlRYTHEM HAS a VOWEL "Y" is the Vowel....In some case Y is a vowel its a vowel wen it sounds like a vowel in RYTHEM it sounds likes a short Ihttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#340121Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:340121Anonymous34http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#340121http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-340121.xmlrythmshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#339602Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:339602Anonymous35http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#339602http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-339602.xmlthe answer you are looking for is RHYTHMhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#334202Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:334202Anonymous36http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#334202http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-334202.xmlDear elena There are TWO such words RHYTHM and TRYSTS Rakhee, Bangalorehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#332801Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:332801Philip37http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/7/bplp/Post.htm#332801http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-332801.xmlMy take on "y" being a vowel or not. In words like way, bay, sway, buy, etc., 'y' is not a vowel.....it is merely an addition to help make the pronunciation of the vowel preceding. If the 'y' in 'rhythm (which has a definite, specific vowel sound attached to it) is not a vowel, are you telling me that the 'y' in 'sky' is not a vowel? This is what I learned in school about 55 years ago....mayhaps things have changed. But I do know the longest word in the English language with only one vowel: The sound when a man drives his car off the rim of the Grand Canyon (craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...) OR (shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii....).http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#332243Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:332243Munica38http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#332243http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-332243.xmlgypsy or gipsy I am not sure about it cauze i have taken this word from abook long time ago any way it is included with the rarly using word in english wich means ( adi) the bothering person cct it to me pleeeeeeeeeeezorrehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#331479Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:331479Anonymous39http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#331479http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-331479.xmlRythmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#325919Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:325919Mithunbarik40http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#325919http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-325919.xmlcheck this.. only if you consider Y as a consonant. http://www.econsultant.com/scrabble-all-words-with-no-vowels/all-no-vowel-6-letter-words.html It has got long list of horrible looking words with no vowels and it mentions 2,3,4,5,6 and 7 letter words!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#315130Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:315130Anonymous41http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#315130http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-315130.xmlR H Y T H Mhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#313834Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:313834Anonymous42http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#313834http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-313834.xmlrhythm?http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#313362Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:313362Anonymous43http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#313362http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-313362.xmlsphynxhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#313361Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:313361Anonymous44http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#313361http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-313361.xmlrhythmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#289195Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:289195MrPedantic45http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#289195http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-289195.xmlI wonder if "Symphysts" exists. MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#289097Tue, 26 May 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:289097Anonymous46http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/6/bplp/Post.htm#289097http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-289097.xmlrhythmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/5/bplp/Post.htm#276639Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:276639Anonymous47http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/5/bplp/Post.htm#276639http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-276639.xmlName a 9 letter word with mo vowels in it???http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/5/bplp/Post.htm#273782Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:273782Anonymous48http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/5/bplp/Post.htm#273782http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-273782.xmlcrypts nymphs syzygy need any morehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/5/bplp/Post.htm#259039Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:22:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:259039MrPedantic49http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoVowels/5/bplp/Post.htm#259039http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments20-259039.xmlSyzygy?