The “y” also has two vowel sounds. Typically, in a one syllable word the “y” at the end of the word makes the long “i” sound as in the following words: cry, fry, try. Typically, in a two syllable word, the “y” at the end of the word makes a long “e” sound as in baby and city.

Long U + Long OO Words Vocabulary Word List

• amuse.
• beauty. blue. brew. bruise. bugle.
• canoe. cashew. coop. coupon. crew. croup. cruise. cube. cuckoo. cue. cute.
• do. droop. dude. due. duet. duke. dune.
• eulogy. Eunice. ewe.
• few. flew. flu. fluid. fluke. flute. frugal. fruit. fume. fuse.
• glue. goo. grew. groove. group.
• hew. hoot. hue. huge. Hugh.

4 letter words that end with Y

• ably.
• achy.
• aery.
• agly.
• ahoy.
• airy.
• alky.
• ally.

Y is a consonant when it says /y/ as in the word “yarn.” Y is a vowel when it represents a vowel sound: /ĭ/ /ī/ and /ē/.

The Y rule: When a root ends in y, change the y to i when adding a suffix (easy + est = easiest; happy + ness = happiness). Exceptions: Keep the y if a vowel comes before it (play + er = player; joy + ful = joyful). Keep the y if adding the suffix -ing (cry + ing = crying; study + ing = studying).

In phonics, the consonant sound of ‘y’ is /y/, which is found in words like ‘yellow’. However, because ‘y’ is such a funny letter it can act as a vowel in some words, and has a different sound. For example, if it’s a vowel at the end of a one-syllable word like ‘fry’ or ‘cry’, it would be a long ‘i’ sound.

The letter Y is considered a vowel when:

1. there is no other vowel in the word:
2. the Y is after a consonant at the end of a word:
3. the Y is after a vowel at the end of a word.
4. the Y is at the end of a syllable:
5. the Y is in the middle of a syllable:
6. When the letter Y is at the start of word it produces a distinctive Y sound.

When the letters “w” and “y” are used in vowel spellings, they are representing the vowel sound, and not a /w/ sound or /j/ sound. A two-sound vowel is a vowel sound that includes a w sound or a y sound in the pronunciation.

Words with no vowels Cwm and crwth do not contain the letters a, e, i, o, u, or y, the usual vowels (that is, the usual symbols that stand for vowel sounds) in English. Shh, psst, and hmm do not have vowels, either vowel symbols or vowel sounds.

RHYTHMS

Scraunched and the archaic word strengthed, each 10 letters long, are the longest English words that are only one syllable long. Nine letter monosyllabic words are scratched, screeched, scrounged, squelched, straights, and strengths.