We all know what vowels are right? The “a”, “e”, “i”, “o”, and “u” letters in the alphabet. It’s hard to find words that don’t have vowels in them. Sometimes we include the “y” as part of a vowel. You often hear our vowels are “a,e,i,o,u, and sometimes y”. For those that like to play Scrabble, knowing what words don’t contain a vowel can be very important. If you’re stuck with no vowels in Scrabble; then I sure hope you have a “y” as one of your letters. The “y” can help you spell many words.

When I was younger, I would try to think of words that didn’t have a vowel in them. I finally discovered that “sky” didn’t have a true vowel in it and figured it was probably the only word in the world with no vowels in it. Well I was wrong and there is actually a lot of words that don’t have a vowel in them. How many words do you know with no vowels? Thanks to a recent discussion on Yahoo, I can now give you a pretty good list of words with no vowels in them. According to one person, the word “cwm” is a real word and one that you could use in Scrabble. Finding a little Scrabble help is always wise and you may want to save this blog post to your favorites, so you have a little cheat sheet playing Scrabble.

Here are some of the words with no vowels. Please let me know if you are aware of any more words that don’t contain a vowel in them.

BRR BRRR BY BYRL BYRLS BYS CH
CHYND CLY CRWTH CRWTHS CRY CRYPT CRYPTS
CWM CWMS CYST CYSTS DRY DRYLY DRYS
FLY FLYBY FLYBYS FLYSCH FRY FY FYRD
FYRDS GHYLL GHYLLS GLYCYL GLYCYLS GLYPH GLYPHS
GRYPT GYM GYMP GYMPS GYMS GYNNY GYNY
GYP GYPPY GYPS GYPSY HM HMM HWYL
HWYLS HYMN HYMNS HYP HYPS JYNX KY
KYDST KYND KYNDS LYM LYMPH LYMPHS LYMS
LYNCH LYNX MM MY MYRRH MYRRHS MYTH
MYTHS MYTHY NTH NY NYMPH NYMPHLY NYMPHS
NYS PFFT PH PHPHT PHS PHT PLY
PRY PRYS PSST PST PSYCH PSYCHS PYGMY
PYX RHY RHYTHM RHYTHMS RYND RYNDS SCRY
SH SHH SHY SHYLY SKRY SKY SKYR
SKYRS SLY SLYLY SNY SPRY SPRYLY SPY
ST STY STYMY SWY SYLPH SYLPHS SYLPHY
SYN SYNC SYNCH SYNCHS SYNCS SYND SYNDS
SYNTH SYNTHS SYPH SYPHS SYZYGY THY THYMY
TRY TRYP TRYPS TRYST TRYSTS TSK TSKS
TSKTSK TSKTSKS TWP TYG TYGS TYMP TYMPS
TYND TYPP TYPPS TYPY VLY WHY WHYS
WRY WRYLY WYCH WYN WYND WYNDS WYNN
WYNNS WYNS XYLYL XYLYLS XYST XYSTS YMPT

Did you know any of these words? I never knew there were so many words with no vowels in them. A word like “pfft” can be helpful in a game of Scrabble. Anyone that can remember these words with no vowels in them, will be someone you wouldn’t want to play Scrabble with. Be sure to reply back with anymore words that don’t contain a vowel in them.