# 5 letter word with 4 vowels? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 7, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459 "2003-02-07T14:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/1 "2003-02-07T14:18:53Z")
I play the [word game](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157831&perpage=50&pagenumber=1) and have been making a list of good words to use against my chief opponent and fellow addict. Words with a lot of vowels tend to be harder to get than words with lots of consonants. Is there a 5 letter word that contains four of the vowels or three vowels and Y? ---
**Author:** ![Zagadka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zagadka/32/7272_2.png) [@Zagadka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zagadka)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/2 "2003-02-07T14:23:10Z")
Eerie? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/3 "2003-02-07T14:25:43Z")
Also “aerie” - a type of nest. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/4 "2003-02-07T14:28:25Z")
Queue. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Metzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Art\_Metzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Metzer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/5 "2003-02-07T14:29:34Z")
[Miaou](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=miaou)? ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/6 "2003-02-07T14:29:46Z")
aioli ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/7 "2003-02-07T14:30:13Z")
Ouija. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/8 "2003-02-07T14:31:07Z")
Oh, I’m sorry, I guess I should have noted that there can’t be any repeats of letters.:smack: Thanks for the quick responses! ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/9 "2003-02-07T14:33:05Z")
Ooooh **Flypsyde** , that’s perfect! ---
**Author:** ![williamweigand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/10 "2003-02-07T14:34:16Z")
I was about to submit “queue” but I see scuba-ben beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/11 "2003-02-07T14:44:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by welby \* > \*\*Is there a 5 letter word that contains four of the vowels or three vowels and Y? \*\* There is a five-letter word which contains the vowel “e” twice. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/12 "2003-02-07T14:55:05Z")
bayou ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/13 "2003-02-07T15:19:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by welby \* > **Ooooh** Flypsyde, that’s perfect! Well, make up your mind. Can we repeat vowels or not? 🙂 [sub]I’m not even sure that’s a word…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/14 "2003-02-07T15:28:07Z")
I hope none of these are used on Wheel of Fortune. They might give Vanna White a vowel obstruction. ---
**Author:** ![xlx13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/5fc32e/32.png) [@xlx13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xlx13)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/15 "2003-02-07T16:55:54Z")
Adieu. Though it isn’t an English word, beggars can’t be choosers. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/16 "2003-02-07T17:25:03Z")
Ok, I’ll cheat… according to a computer search of ENABLE, These words fit the no-repeated vowels criterion: adieu, aiery, audio, auloi, aurei, ayrie, bayou, boyau, louie, miaou, noyau, ouija, ourie, pioye, ulyie, uraei, youse, yowie ---
**Author:** ![nogginhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5e9695/32.png) [@nogginhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogginhead)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/17 "2003-02-07T18:29:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Controvert \* > \*\*Ok, I’ll cheat… according to a computer search of ENABLE, > > These words fit the no-repeated vowels criterion: > adieu, aiery, audio, auloi, aurei, ayrie, bayou, boyau, louie, miaou, noyau, ouija, ourie, pioye, ulyie, uraei, youse, yowie \*\* OK, what’s ENABLE, and half of these words are totolly unknown to me. Definitions: aiery auloi aurei ayrie boyau noyau ourie pioye ulyie uraie Also, youse ain’t no word. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/18 "2003-02-07T19:24:42Z")
Auloi (plural) are a type of ancient Greek musical instrument. Boyau is a type of trench. Noyau is an alcoholic drink flavored with the pits of a fruit. Youse is certainly a word, as in “What youse talkin’ about?” “Boyau” and “Noyau” defs from [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com). “Auloi” and “Youse” from my own extensive vocabulary. :b The rest, I’m sure, can be found in OSW or OSPD (Official Scrabble Words, Official Scrabble Player’s Dictionary), but I’m lacking one at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-letter-word-with-4-vowels/153459/19 "2003-02-07T19:56:18Z")
Add **outie** to the list.