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4 vowels 1 consonant
« on: Feb 10th, 2008, 6:53pm » |
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I gave this to my nineth graders:
Can you give a five letter english word that contains 4 vowels and only one consonant?
Can you find such a word where all the vowels are different?
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #1 on: Feb 10th, 2008, 6:59pm » |
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Queue
Abstemious
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Facetious
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #2 on: Feb 10th, 2008, 7:07pm » |
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cwm.
that's quite a different vowel. 
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benignuman
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #3 on: Feb 10th, 2008, 7:10pm » |
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on Feb 10th, 2008, 6:59pm, ThudanBlunder wrote:Queue
Abstemious
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The word can only be five letters.
Can you find the one where all the vowels are different?
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #4 on: Feb 10th, 2008, 9:26pm » |
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on Feb 10th, 2008, 7:10pm, benignuman wrote:
The word can only be five letters.
Can you find the one where all the vowels are different? |
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I found two.  Not sure how 'English' they are though.
Adieu
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Audio
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benignuman
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #5 on: Feb 11th, 2008, 4:46am » |
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Your second answer is what I'm looking for. 
Your first I would have allowed even though it's french.
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #6 on: Feb 11th, 2008, 5:52am » |
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As an addendum, this is what a computerized search returns:
adieu, audio, bayou, eerie, oxeye, Yaqui.
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #7 on: Feb 11th, 2008, 10:15am » |
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Does the Y count as a vowel in this case?
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #8 on: Feb 11th, 2008, 5:08pm » |
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on Feb 10th, 2008, 6:53pm, benignuman wrote:| Can you find such a word where all the vowels are different? |
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on Feb 11th, 2008, 5:52am, Grimbal wrote:As an addendum, this is what a computerized search returns:
adieu, audio, bayou, eerie, oxeye, Yaqui. |
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Eerie and oxeye looks a bit repetitive. 
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #9 on: Feb 11th, 2008, 6:05pm » |
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it's in the scrabble ditionary
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #10 on: Feb 11th, 2008, 8:09pm » |
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on Feb 11th, 2008, 10:15am, Ghost Sniper wrote:| Does the Y count as a vowel in this case? |
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I was not counting "Y".
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #11 on: Feb 11th, 2008, 9:33pm » |
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on Feb 11th, 2008, 5:52am, Grimbal wrote:As an addendum, this is what a computerized search returns:
adieu, audio, bayou, eerie, oxeye, Yaqui. |
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The 4th and 5th wouldn't work. Also, y is a vowel if it is in a certain part of the word.
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #12 on: Feb 11th, 2008, 11:45pm » |
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on Feb 11th, 2008, 9:33pm, temporary wrote:
The 4th and 5th wouldn't work. Also, y is a vowel if it is in a certain part of the word. |
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I don't see any 'Y's in the fourth word.
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Re: 4 vowels 1 consonant
« Reply #13 on: Feb 12th, 2008, 1:09am » |
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on Feb 11th, 2008, 5:08pm, JiNbOtAk wrote:| Eerie and oxeye looks a bit repetitive. |
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Yes, some of these apply only to the first question.
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