In the words of this table au and aw take the sound of a in all.
| jaw | claw | haul | Paul | flaw |
| faun | yawn | bawl | thaw | slaw |
| fault | hawk | daub | Maud | fraud |
| fawn | gauze | vault | brawl | cause |
| dawn | drawl | pawn | lawful | crawl |
| awful | pauper | straw | brawn | drawn |
| pause | awning | lawyer | spawn | caucus |
In the words of this table ou and ow are pronounced alike.
| gout | rout | scow | pout | scour |
| town | trout | scout | down | shout |
| prow | cloud | snout | tower | proud |
| flour | south | scowl | pouch | mount |
| stout | spout | aloud | power | bound |
| count | about | crowd | pound | crouch |
| towel | couch | sound | blouse | devout |
| found | growl | frown | grouse | wound |
| clown | vowel | drown | sprout | shroud |
| flower | round | shower | mound | ground |
In the following list of words oo is pronounced like u in rude.
| boot | cool | tool | pool | roof |
| poor | root | toot | loop | loon |
| soon | food | hoot | boor | rood |
| noon | coop | hoop | hoof | coon |
| loom | loose | moor | boon | sloop |
| proof | stoop | troop | stool | spool |
| boost | noose | sooth | room | boom |
| croon | moon | mood | roost | shoot |
| broom | doom | goose | scoop | tooth |
| bloom | brood | gloom | groom | swoop |
| swoon | spoon | moose | choose | groove |
Review the sound of qu.
| quilt | quid | quill | equip | quit |
| quell | quite | quiz | quire | quail |
| queer | quote | quest | quick | squire |
| squirt | queen | quince | quake | squint |
| squaw | quack | squirm | square | quaint |
| squeak | squeal | quench | squeeze | squirrel |
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