Knowing words with multiple vowels proves useful when you’re faced with a rack of mostly, or all, vowels. Here’s a list of the first twenty-two playable four-letter words with three vowels:
- aeon: a long period of time (also eon)
- agee: to one side (also ajee)
- agio: a surcharge applied when exchanging currency
- ague: a sickness associated with malaria
- ajee: to one side (also agee)
- akee: a tropical tree
- alae: wings (pl. of ala)
- alee: on the side shielded from wind
- amia: a freshwater fish
- amoa: a kind of small buffalo
- awee: a little while
- eaux: waters (pl. of eau)
- eide: distinctive appearances of things (pl. of eidos)
- emeu: an emu
- etui: an ornamental case
- euro: an Australian marsupial, also known as wallaroo, for being like the kangaroo and the wallaby; also a unified currency of much of Europe
- ilea: the terminal portions of small intestines (pl. of ileum)
- ilia: pelvic bones (pl. of ilium)
- jiao: a Chinese currency (also chiao)
- luau: a large Hawaiian feast
- meou: to meow
- moue: a pouting expression
Next Up
Today marks your seventh Wordplay Day of the semester. To up your game and increase your word power, review the tips and tools on the Scrabble website as well as this blog post and my other posts devoted to the game.
Coming Soon
In class on Monday you will read one of your classmate’s analyses and compose a response that addresses one of the nine basic writing errors or identifies one of the well-written sentences in the essay. Remember to bring Writing Analytically to Class.
Jane Lucas 