Wake Up Q

According to Oxford, there is only one word without any vowels or vowel sounds. What is it?

A:  Psst

There are words in the Oxford English Dictionary that don’t have any vowels but have other letters that make vowel sounds, like TV or nth. Psst is the only word without vowels or vowel sounds.

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