Static word list

Five-letter words without common vowels

These 23 words avoid A, E, I, O, and U. Many use Y as a vowel sound, while the rule itself is based on letters, not pronunciation.

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23 matching words

23 words

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cryptCommon
cystsCommon
drylyCommon
hymnsCommon
lymphCommon
lynchCommon
mythsCommon
nymphCommon
slylyCommon
flybyFamiliar
flynnFamiliar
glyphFamiliar
gypsyFamiliar
myrrhFamiliar
mysqlFamiliar
psychFamiliar
pygmyFamiliar
shylyFamiliar
sylphFamiliar
syncsFamiliar
trystFamiliar
wrylyFamiliar
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Common examples

Familiar starting points in this category include CRYPT, CYSTS, DRYLY, HYMNS, LYMPH, LYNCH, MYTHS, NYMPH. In total, 22 of the 23 matches are in the common or familiar tiers.

How this list is built

A word qualifies when none of its five letters is A, E, I, O, or U. Entries come from the American English portion of the English Speller Database, are normalised to lowercase alphabetic display words, and are sorted by commonness tier before alphabetical order.

What this pattern tells you

This is a spelling filter, not a phonetics rule. Y may carry a vowel sound, but it remains eligible because the list excludes only A, E, I, O, and U.

These words are comparatively rare, so turning off the common-words filter in the finder may be necessary when checking an unusual pattern.

Use this list well

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