Words With One Vowel
All 12,343 English words containing exactly 1 vowel. Useful for Scrabble rack balancing and Wordle strategy.
12,343
Words with 1 vowel
44
Best Scrabble score
Top Scoring Words With 1 Vowel
| Word | Len | Scrabble |
|---|---|---|
| ZYZZYVAS | 8 | 44 |
| ZYZZYVA | 7 | 43 |
| KRZYSZTOF | 9 | 37 |
| CRYPTOZYGY | 10 | 33 |
| JAZZY | 5 | 33 |
| PSYCHICHTHYS | 12 | 33 |
| PSYCHORHYTHM | 12 | 33 |
| ZYZOMYS | 7 | 33 |
| XYLOGLYPHY | 10 | 32 |
| FRIZZLY | 7 | 31 |
Rack Balance in Scrabble
Words with just one vowel are consonant-heavy — great for dumping excess consonants but tricky to form. There are 12,343 such words in the dictionary.
How many English words have exactly 1 vowel?
There are 12,343 words with exactly 1 vowel (A, E, I, O, U) in the standard dictionary.