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Originally posted by kingofthe303I've laid euoi (pronounced u-oi, an interjective expressing Bacchic frenzy) in scrabble, before my wife banned words she doesn't approve of (best description of the current rule). I also know the word euouae ( name for a Gregorian cadence, pronounced u-oo'e) And Uoiauai (don't know pronounciation) is apparently a language spoken somewhere in Brazil.
Lots of words with no vowels because of the use of Y but can anyone come up with a 4 letter word with no consonants. Also what is the longest word that contains no repitition of letters within the word? 🙂
Originally posted by IronPawnXNot Eoudia but Euodia; not a place name, but a person's name. (See Philippians chaper 4 v2)
This isn't a puzzle or anything, just interesting. There is a Biblical name of a land that is six letters long and contains all five vowels. Eoudia. I wouldn't have thought a word like that existed.
The prefix "Eu" means "good", "odia" might be a feminine form of the word "hodos", meaning "way", so not a completely unlikely name.
As it happens, one Bible I checked spells it Evodia - when translated to English 'eu' often becomes 'ev', as in 'evangelist', so if we look at it in English it might not keep all five vowels. On the other hand, if we look at it in Greek, it's not so interesting, because there are seven vowels in that language. Sorry.