NSA Club #3 Scrabble Vocabulary Lesson 2: Short Vowel Dumps

Revised: Thu Sep 19 10:14:33 EDT 2002

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All the short vowel dumps aa+ ae- ai+ oe+

eau-

aeon+ aero- agee- agio+ ague+ aide+ ajee- akee+ alae- alee- aloe+ amia+ amie+ anoa+ aqua+ area+ aria+ asea- aura+ auto+ awee- beau+ ciao- ease+ eaux- eave+ eide- emeu+ epee+ etui+ euro+ idea+ ilea- ilia- inia- iota+ ixia+ jiao- lieu+ luau+ meou+ moue+ naoi- obia+ oboe+ odea- ogee+ ohia+ olea- oleo+ olio+ ooze+ ouzo+ quai+ raia+ roue+ toea- unai+ unau+ urea+ uvea+ zoea+

aalii+ adieu+ aecia- aerie+ aioli+ aquae- areae- audio+ aurae- aurei- cooee+ eerie- looie+ louie+ miaou+ oidia- oorie- ourie- queue+ uraei- zoeae-
Categorized Common Words: aeon+ ague+ aide+ alee- aloe+ aqua+ area+ aria+ asea- aura+ auto+ beau+ ciao- ease+ eave+ euro+ idea+ iota+ lieu+ luau+ meou+ oboe+ oleo+ ooze+ ouzo+ urea+ adieu+ aerie+ audio+ cooee+ eerie- looie+ louie+ miaou+ queue+
French: eau- amie+ beau+ eaux- epee+ etui+ lieu+ moue+ quai+ roue+ adieu+
Plants: akee+ aloe+ ixia+ ohia+ aalii+
Animals: ai+ amia+ anoa+ emeu+ euro+ unai+ unau+ zoea+ zoeae-
Money: euro+ jiao- toea- aurei-
Latin & Greek Plurals: alae- eide- ilea- ilia- inia- naoi- odea- olea- aecia- aquae- areae- aurae- oidia- uraei-
Everything else: aa+ ae- oe+ aero- agee- agio+ ajee- awee- obia+ ogee+ olio+ raia+ uvea+ aioli+ oorie- ourie-
Not in OSPD Phonies:
SOWPODS: ea# ee# io# oi# oo# ou#

aia#

aias# aine# aitu# aula# aune# eale# eaus# eine# eoan# euge# euoi# evoe# huia# idee# iure# kaie# mooi# oose# paua# urao# uvae# viae#

aidoi# ainee# auloi# ouija# zooea#

+ takes an S; - does not take an S; * is not acceptable; # is only acceptable in SOWPODS.