Words with no vowels
Some boards put all the vowels on one side and leave you a block of consonants. There are 158 playable words with no A, E, I, O or U at all. Most of them lean on Y. A few use nothing but consonants.
No vowels and no Y 22 words
These are the true consonant-only words. Several are sounds people make, and a few come from Welsh, where W is a vowel.
- BRR
- Said to show that you feel cold.
- BRRR
- Another spelling of BRR.
- CRWTH also CRWTHS
- An old Welsh stringed instrument played with a bow.
- CWM also CWMS
- A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
- HMM
- A sound made while thinking.
- NTH
- Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
- PFFT
- The sound of something fizzling out.
- PHPHT
- A sound of mild annoyance.
- PHT
- A sound of mild annoyance.
- PSST
- Said quietly to get someone's attention.
- SHH
- Said to ask for quiet.
- SSH
- Another spelling of SHH.
- TSK also TSKS
- Utter 'tsk,' 'tut,' or 'tut-tut,' as in disapproval.
- TSKTSK also TSKTSKS
- To make a sound of disapproval.
Also playable: LBW, PHS, PST, TWP.
Short words that use Y as the vowel 69 words of three and four letters
- BYRL
- BYS
- CLY
- CRY
- CYST
- DRY
- DRYS
- FLY
- FRY
- FYRD
- GYM
- GYMP
- GYMS
- GYNY
- HWYL
- HYMN
- HYP
- HYPS
- JYNX
- KYND
- LYCH
- LYM
- LYMS
- LYNX
- MYC
- MYCS
- MYTH
- NYS
- PLY
- PRY
- PRYS
- PYX
- RHY
- RYND
- SCRY
- SHY
- SKRY
- SKY
- SKYR
- SLY
- SNY
- SPRY
- SPY
- STY
- SWY
- SYN
- SYNC
- SYND
- SYPH
- THY
- TRY
- TRYP
- TYG
- TYGS
- TYMP
- TYND
- TYPP
- TYPY
- VLY
- WHY
- WHYS
- WRY
- WYCH
- WYN
- WYND
- WYNN
- WYNS
- XYST
- YMPT
All of them, five letters and longer 67 words
- BYRLS
- CHYND
- CRYPT
- CRYPTS
- CYSTS
- DRYLY
- FLYBY
- FLYBYS
- FLYSCH
- FYRDS
- GHYLL
- GHYLLS
- GLYCYL
- GLYCYLS
- GLYPH
- GLYPHS
- GRYPT
- GYMPS
- GYNNY
- HWYLS
- HYMNS
- KYDST
- KYNDS
- LYMPH
- LYMPHS
- LYNCH
- MYRRH
- MYRRHS
- MYTHS
- MYTHY
- NYMPH
- NYMPHLY
- NYMPHS
- PSYCH
- PSYCHS
- PYGMY
- RHYTHM
- RHYTHMS
- RYNDS
- SHYLY
- SKYRS
- SLYLY
- SPRYLY
- STYMY
- SYLPH
- SYLPHS
- SYLPHY
- SYNCH
- SYNCHS
- SYNCS
- SYNDS
- SYNTH
- SYNTHS
- SYPHS
- SYZYGY
- THYMY
- TRYPS
- TRYST
- TRYSTS
- TYMPS
- TYPPS
- WRYLY
- WYNDS
- WYNNS
- XYLYL
- XYLYLS
- XYSTS
How to use them
When a corner of the board has a Y and no other vowel, treat the Y as the vowel and try the common shapes: consonant, Y, consonant, and consonant, consonant, Y. Words like these are short, so sweep them and move on.
Definitions: Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010. Shown here in shortened form.
Last updated October 4, 2026. Every number and word on this page is generated from the same rules and the same 260,345-word dictionary the game server uses.