Words With No Vowels
There are 121 words in our dictionary that contain no A, E, I, O, or U, drawn from the ENABLE word list. Whether you're stuck on a puzzle, filling out a Scrabble-style rack, or just curious about the shape of English vocabulary, this page lists every one of them so you can browse, search, or copy the set you need.
Look closely at this group and a pattern emerges. These words average 4.4 letters long, ranging from "by" to "tsktsks". Setting aside the letters that define this list, "Y" is the one that shows up most often elsewhere in the word, appearing in about 83% of the set — a reminder that English spelling isn't random, and certain letters simply pull more weight than others. If you're scanning for an opener or narrowing down a guess, tendencies like these are worth knowing.
A few high-scoring options worth trying first (ranked by Scrabble letter value): syzygy, xylyls, rhythms, xylyl, flybys, flysch. And if this list is a starting point rather than an exact fit — say you've got a specific handful of letters to work with — the Unscramble tool on this site searches the full dictionary for every word you can build from any combination you type in, which is the faster route once you've narrowed things down here.
This list is generated automatically from a public-domain dictionary and rebuilt whenever the underlying word list changes, so the count above stays accurate over time rather than going stale like a hand-written list would.
Full list (121 words)
- brr
- brrr
- by
- byrl
- byrls
- bys
- crwth
- crwths
- cry
- crypt
- crypts
- cwm
- cwms
- cyst
- cysts
- dry
- dryly
- drys
- fly
- flyby
- flybys
- flysch
- fry
- ghyll
- ghylls
- glycyl
- glycyls
- glyph
- glyphs
- gym
- gyms
- gyp
- gyps
- gypsy
- hm
- hmm
- hymn
- hymns
- hyp
- hyps
- lymph
- lymphs
- lynch
- lynx
- mm
- my
- myrrh
- myrrhs
- myth
- myths
- mythy
- nth
- nymph
- nymphs
- pfft
- phpht
- pht
- ply
- pry
- psst
- psych
- psychs
- pygmy
- pyx
- rhythm
- rhythms
- rynd
- rynds
- scry
- sh
- shh
- shy
- shyly
- sky
- sly
- slyly
- spry
- spryly
- spy
- sty
- stymy
- sylph
- sylphs
- sylphy
- syn
- sync
- synch
- synchs
- syncs
- synth
- synths
- syph
- syphs
- syzygy
- thy
- thymy
- try
- tryst
- trysts
- tsk
- tsks
- tsktsk
- tsktsks
- typp
- typps
- typy
- why
- whys
- wry
- wryly
- wych
- wyn
- wynd
- wynds
- wynn
- wynns
- wyns
- xylyl
- xylyls
- xyst
- xysts