All-Vowel Three-Letter Words

Authors

Darryl Francis

Abstract

In previous Word Ways articles I have examined vowel trigrams and vowel tetragrams. Since so many vowel trigrams exist as parts of words and names, I wondered how many could exist as words or names in their own right. I use the term "vowel" to include six letters A, E, I, O, U an Y, though in several of the words presented in this article Y is clearly being used as a consonant. Could a significant proportion of the 216 all-vowel three-letter sequences be verified as genuine words or names?

Recommended Citation

Francis, Darryl (1978) "All-Vowel Three-Letter Words," Word Ways: Vol. 11 : Iss. 3 , Article 19.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol11/iss3/19