Imitative / Echoic / Onomatopoeic
See also: https://rentry.co/wordle-meta-list
Collaboration begun in September 2023 by @Documentalista and @Dez, picked up some more from @Couchpumpkin in Sept '24.
List of imitative OR echoic interjections, with an appendix of other onomatopoeic words.
They should all be accepted by the game. Yes even the three-voweled ones. Some are rare in OED.
ALL
AARGH
ACHOO
AGOGO
AIYAH
ALALA
BINGO
BLECH
BLEEP
BLINK
BLOOP
BOING
BOINK
CHANG
CHEET
CHICK
CHING
CHOCK
CHUCK
CLANG
CLANK
CLICK
CLING
CLINK
CLOOP
CLUCK
CLUNK
COOEE
CRICK
CROAK
FAUGH
FLUMP
FNARR
FRITZ
GLOOP
GNARL
GNARR
GNARS
GROAN
GROWL
GRUMP
GRUNT
HAUGH
HEUGH
HUMPH
HUZZA
MAHEM
NEIGH
NUMMY
OOMPH
PEEOY
PFFTT
PHOOH
PHOOO
PHPHT
PIPIT
PLASH
PLISH
PLUCK
PLUFF
PLUNG
PLUNK
POUFF
PSHAW
PTISH
PYUFF
QUACK
QUAKE
QUANK
QUAWK
QUECK
SCAPE
SHUSH
SLOSH
SNARL
SNARR
SNORT
SQUAB
SQUEE
SQUIB
SUMPH
SWASH
SWISH
THUMP
THUNK
TWANG
TWEET
UMPTY
VROOM
WAHEY
WAHOO
WALLA
WHANG
WHACK
WHIRR
WHIZZ
WHOMP
WHOOF
WHOOP
WHUMP
WOOSH
YAHOO
YECCH
YECHY
YEEEK
YEUCH
YIKES
YOICK
YOWSA
YOWZA
December 2024 Theme
AARGH
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43ip39BINGO
BLECH
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43jelp
@This Old Man https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/442h53BOING
@Kenny https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/441keoCLINK
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43k05lCLOOP
COOEE
CRICK
FAUGH
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43l03pFLUMP
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43q001FNARR
GROWL
GRUMP
GRUNT
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43lkpnHEUGH
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43mgadHUMPH
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43ss4mMAHEM
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43n3n0NEIGH
OOMPH
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43o3s8PEEOY
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43p35aPHPHT
PLASH
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43rt0iPLISH
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/442c6aPLUNG
PSHAW
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43qqe1PTISH
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43t9m2PYUFF
@Shawm https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/440henQUANK
QUAWK
@BerniceDog https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43qpohQUECK
SCAPE
SNARL
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43u5erSNORT
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4437nvSQUEE
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43sdjiSQUIB
SUMPH
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43vuu2THUNK
TWEET
UMPTY
WAHEY
WHIRR
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/441t2lWHOOF
WHUMP
@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/440v4gYEUCH
YIKES
YOICK
YOWSA
YOWZA
@Anarkey https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43vm4r
Original 1st List: Imitative / Echoic / @Doc's?
ACHOO
AGOGO
AIYAH
ALALA (Dez)
AARGH (Headword ARGH)
BOING
BOINK
BINGO
CHEET
CHICK
CHOCK
CHUCK
CLICK
COOEE
FAUGH
FNARR (Dez)
GLOOP
HUMPH - PU (headword UMPH)
HUZZA (Dez)
NUMMY
OOMPH
PFFTT (headword PHUT)
PHOOH (headword PHOO)
PHOOO (headword PHOO)
PHPHT
PLASH
PLISH
PLUFF
PLUNG
PLUNK
POUFF (headword two o one f)
PSHAW
PTISH
QUACK
QUAKE
QUANK *obsolete
QUAWK
QUECK *rare
SCAPE
SNARL
SQUAB
SQUEE
SWASH
TWEET
WAHEY
WAHOO
WALLA
WHANG
WHOOF
WHOOP - PU
YEEEK (headword YEEK)
YEUCH
YOICK
YOWSA (headword YOWZER)
YOWZA (headword YOWZER)
Original 2nd List: Onomatopoeic / @Dez's?
BLECH
BLEEP
BLINK
BLOOP
CHANG
CHING
CLANG
CLING
CLANK
CLINK
CLOOP
CLUNK
CRICK
FRITZ (imitative origin disputed)
GROWL
GRUMP
MAHEM (multiple origin) the SA crested crane)
PEEOY (Scot. Small homemade fireworks)
PIPIT (one of the SB birds)
SQUIB (obscure - fireworks)
SUMPH
THUMP
THUNK
UMPTY
WHIRR
WHOMP
WHUMP
YAHOO (probably echoic, rather than imitative in OED, but interjection)
YECHY (marked rare in OED)