Vowel Only Words — Words Made of Only Vowels
Sometimes your Scrabble rack is loaded with vowels and almost no consonants. This is one of the most frustrating situations in the game — but it does not have to be. There are valid English words made entirely of vowels that can rescue you from a vowel-heavy rack. This page lists all valid vowel-only words recognized in major word game dictionaries.
What Are Vowel Only Words?
Vowel-only words are valid English words that contain no consonants whatsoever — every letter is one of the five standard vowels: A, E, I, O, U. These words are rare in everyday English but several are officially valid in Scrabble, Words With Friends, and other word games.
• AA — a type of rough, jagged lava (2 letters)
• AE — one in Scottish dialect, valid in SOWPODS (2 letters)
• AI — a three-toed sloth (2 letters)
• OE — a whirlwind in the Faeroe Islands (2 letters)
• EUOI — an exclamation used in Bacchic revels (4 letters, valid in SOWPODS)
How to Use Vowel Words in Scrabble
1. Play a vowel-heavy word to dump 2-3 vowels at once
2. Use 2-letter vowel words like AA, AE, AI, OE to play off existing board letters
3. Consider exchanging tiles if you have 5+ vowels and no playable word
4. Build toward consonant tiles by playing out your excess vowels strategically