Words Without Vowels (188 Words)

Everyday words that have no A, E, I, O or U

With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.

by★7near or beside
my★7belonging to me
try★6to attempt
dry★7to make dry
fly★9to hit a ball high into the air in baseball
sky★10the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
spy★8to watch secretly
rhythm★17movement or procedure with uniform recurrence of strong and weak elements
sync★9to cause to operate in unison
myth★12a type of traditional story
lynch★13to put to death without legal sanction
myths★13a type of traditional story
lynx★14a short-tailed wildcat
rhythms★18movement or procedure with uniform recurrence of strong and weak elements
gypsy★14to vagabond
crypt★12a burial vault

Top score: KY, 9 points. cows, cattle (Scots)

Top score: ZZZ, 30 points. used to suggest the sound of snoring

Top score: ZZZS, 31 points. sleep, or the sound of someone sleeping

Top score: SYZYGY, 25 points. the configuration of the earth, moon, and sun lying in a straight line

Top score: NYMPHLY, 20 points

37 of these words have no Y as well: not a single vowel-like letter.

188 of the 284,445 words of 2 to 15 letters have no A, E, I, O or U: 10 with 2 letters, 45 with 3 letters, 51 with 4 letters, 54 with 5 letters, 24 with 6 letters, 4 with 7 letters.
139 are good in NWL2023, 188 in Collins Scrabble Words, 139 in WOW24 and 122 in the Words With Friends list.
In Scrabble points, zzzs scores the most (31), then zzz (30), then syzygy (25), then sphynx and jynx (21 each).
37 have no Y either: ch, hm, mm, sh, st, brr, cwm, grr and more.