Name 1 word in the English Language that does not have a single vowel in it, use it to kill people in hangman.

Question

we all have used it before in our lives, especially when we where all little kids.

And Y is a Vowel People. we used it as little kids and probably still use it today

it starts with a P and ends with a T, and for all you people that didnt think it was a word well it was in the dictonary at 1 time or another

Answer 1

rhythm
crypt
hymn

And one that kids use:
why????!

Answer 2

There can be no such word, all words must have at least one vowel per syllable to be pronouncable. (On a tangential note, this is the principle behind the tetragrammaton, YHWH, which is conventionally pronounced Yahweh or Jehovah. Without vowels, YHWH is unpronouncable. I realise that language was actually hebrew (aramaic?), but the principle is the same.)
The rule is the vowels are a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y. That means sometimes y IS a vowel, e.g. when it is phonetically a short i (sylph), a long i (sky), a long e (ly on the end of any adverb), etc. It IS a consonant when it is phonetically "yuh" as in yellow.

Answer 3

C'mon guys, he is asking for something that we use or have used in our lives, not just any word without a vowel! Read the question carefully. Frankly, i dont know the answer. And my opinion is Y may sound like an I, but it is not an I, so Y is not and never will be a vowel. Just like if a boy has a girl's name, he is still a boy and never will be a girl, even if he undergoes sex change!

Answer 4

Ahh, there are two definitions of the word vowel. The first is;one of a class of speech sounds in the articulation of which
the oral part of the breath channel is not blocked and is not
constricted enough to cause audible friction; broadly : the one
most prominent sound in a syllable.

the second is a letter or symbol representing a vowel, aeiou.

So according to the literal definition of the word vowel, the only things you can approximate are mono or bi sylabbics such as Shh, mmhmm and psst.

The only commonly accepted 'word' although I would debate that it's an acronym; is TV.

Answer 5

CWM
CRWTH

Both have no vowels.
both are valid words
Neither uses "Y" in place of a vowel.


btw, Moon, sweep, bleak, shout, sloop don't have a single vowel in them either, along with a few million others. You need to word your question less ambiguously :)

Answer 6

There are no such words as if there is no vowel, Y becomes a vowel so all previous examples are null and void.

Answer 7

pht, sh, mm, nth, shh, hm

All are just consonants and don't cheat with either a "y" or a foreign vowel like the Welsh w. The ones above are commonly used in Scrabble.

Answer 8

Or you could name the word that uses all vowels: sequoia

Answer 9

Noose - it does not have a SINGLE vowel, it has 3...and u hang people with it

but for the begin with p an end with t thing...psssst (hey, pssst come here)

Answer 10

Sky,spy,cry,my,why,shy,rhythm,
crwth,myrrh,cwm

Answer 11

There are several that don't contain a, e, i, o, or u but my favorite is -
syzygy - means the alignment of three celestial objects