# Game - Three Vowels **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040 "2004-03-24T01:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/1 "2004-03-24T01:14:44Z")
Here’s a new word game… some of you have probably played the game where you see the three letters on a license plate and try to come up with a containing all of those letters in order. Well, this is a variation of that. -The three letters are all vowels -The word in question can contain NO OTHER VOWELS Let’s see if we can get every single one of the 125 combinations in order, starting with AAA (easy) and ending with UUU (much harder). (Given the general ordering of the vowels, this game will get much much harder as it progresses). Anyhow, I’ll start… AAA - Banana AAE - ? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/2 "2004-03-24T01:21:20Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > AAE - ? Agave AAI - ? ---
**Author:** ![doomguppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@doomguppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomguppy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/3 "2004-03-24T01:23:06Z")
AAI- again AAO-? ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/4 "2004-03-24T02:08:24Z")
AAO - Aragorn (OK, just kidding… ) But it suggests a correct answer: AAO - Tarragon AAU - ? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/5 "2004-03-24T02:15:52Z")
AAU: Xanadu Hey, you didn’t say proper nouns were verboten! So is it now AEA? Man, too easy! ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/6 "2004-03-24T02:25:27Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > AAU: Xanadu > > Hey, you didn’t say proper nouns were verboten! > > So is it now AEA? Man, too easy! It goes without saying that proper nouns are verboten. AAU is still on the table. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/7 "2004-03-24T02:29:04Z")
abacus Next AEA ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/8 "2004-03-24T02:45:38Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Next AEA baseball AIA - ? ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/9 "2004-03-24T02:55:10Z")
aircraft? aoa ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/10 "2004-03-24T03:01:05Z")
> [@verbenabeast](#): > > aircraft? > > aoa anorak AUA is waiting ---
**Author:** ![OneYogini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@OneYogini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneYogini)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/11 "2004-03-24T03:02:43Z")
aura? that sounds too easy… EEE next? ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/12 "2004-03-24T03:16:39Z")
OneYoghini, I believe EAE is next so I choose _behaved._ _Now_ it’s time for EEE ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/13 "2004-03-24T03:17:46Z")
> [@OneYogini](#): > > EEE next? Wouldn’t EAE be next? If so, my submission is: EAE = Eased. Then EEE would come next (right?) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/14 "2004-03-24T03:18:54Z")
And **Tikki** beat me to it, so I’ll take EEE… EEE = Expected. Next is EIE… ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/15 "2004-03-24T03:23:12Z")
EIE = edited Based on the way this is going, looks like EOE is next. Although, I do wonder what happened to AEE, AEI, AEO, and do on. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/16 "2004-03-24T03:32:50Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > EIE = edited > > Based on the way this is going, looks like EOE is next. Although, I do wonder what happened to AEE, AEI, AEO, and do on. They appear to have not paid to be on this board. I’ll pay AEE’s way though and give you _agree._ AEI anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/17 "2004-03-24T03:36:12Z")
AEI = rarebit AEO… ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/18 "2004-03-24T04:28:59Z")
Mandelbrot Is the next one **AEU**? I confess I’m confused. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/19 "2004-03-24T05:13:03Z")
Careful The next one should be **AIE** ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040/20 "2004-03-24T05:25:24Z")
C **a** n **i** n **e**. Next is **AIO** , yes? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-three-vowels/236040.md?page=2)