Scrabble Guru: The Top 50 Most Played Vowel Dumps in Scrabble That Have 5 or More Letters

A "vowel dump" is a word with a lot of vowels that you play in order to keep your rack balanced or simply because you have a lot of vowels. We will define a vowel dump as being a word with n letters and roundup(n/2)+1 or more vowels. Here "roundup" means round up fractions to the next highest integer. The following chart makes the definition concrete:

length         minimum number
of word        of vowels            example
-------        --------------       -------

   3                 3              eau
   4                 3              ajee
   5                 4              zoeae
   6                 4              outvie
   7                 5              taeniae
   8                 5              eulogiae
   9                 6              aboiteaus

In general, vowel dumps with 4 or fewer letters are played far more often than those with 5 or more letters. See here for the most common short vowel dumps. The list below gives the most commonly played vowel dumps with 5 letters or more presented in playrank order, meaning AINEE is the most played word of the bunch, AQUAE is the second most played, and so on down the list.

1. ainee
2. aquae
3. zoeae
4. aerie
5. ouija
6. oorie
7. zoaea
8. aioli
9. equate
10. aidoi
11. looie
12. zoaeae
13. equine
14. eerie
15. cooee
16. quinoa
17. areae
18. adieu
19. aalii
20. euouae
21. zooea
22. aurei
23. aecia
24. zooeae
25. queue
26. auloi
27. miaou
28. equali
29. equipe
30. ourie
31. audio
32. louie
33. outvie
34. etaerio
35. toorie
36. toonie
37. foveae
38. oidia
39. uraei
40. quinie
41. feijoa
42. quaere
43. etoile
44. aurae
45. goatee
46. aviate
47. tauiwi
48. iolite
49. avoure
50. quelea

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