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.
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AARGHACHOOAGOGOAIYAHALALABINGOBLECHBLEEPBLINKBLOOPBOINGBOINKCHANGCHEETCHICKCHINGCHOCKCHUCKCLANGCLANKCLICKCLINGCLINKCLOOPCLUCKCLUNKCOOEECRICKCROAKFAUGHFLUMPFNARRFRITZGLOOPGNARLGNARRGNARSGROANGROWLGRUMPGRUNTHAUGHHEUGHHUMPHHUZZAMAHEMNEIGHNUMMYOOMPHPEEOYPFFTTPHOOHPHOOOPHPHTPIPITPLASHPLISHPLUCKPLUFFPLUNGPLUNKPOUFFPSHAWPTISHPYUFFQUACKQUAKEQUANKQUAWKQUECKSCAPESHUSHSLOSHSNARLSNARRSNORTSPLATSQUABSQUEESQUIBSUMPHSWASHSWISHTHUMPTHUNKTWANGTWEETUMPTYVROOMWAHEYWAHOOWALLAWHANGWHACKWHIRRWHIZZWHOMPWHOOFWHOOPWHUMPWOOSHYAHOOYECCHYECHYYEEEKYEUCHYIKESYOICKYOWSAYOWZA
December 2024 Theme
AARGH@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43ip39BINGOBLECH@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/43k05lCLOOPCOOEECRICKFAUGH@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43l03pFLUMP@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43q001FNARRGROWLGRUMPGRUNT@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/43n3n0NEIGHOOMPH@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43o3s8PEEOY@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43p35aPHPHTPLASH@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43rt0iPLISH@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/442c6aPLUNGPSHAW@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43qqe1PTISH@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43t9m2PYUFF@Shawm https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/440henQUANKQUAWK@BerniceDog https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43qpohQUECKSCAPESNARL@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43u5erSNORT@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4437nvSQUEE@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43sdjiSQUIBSUMPH@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/43vuu2THUNKTWEETUMPTYWAHEYWHIRR@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/441t2lWHOOFWHUMP@Documentalista https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/440v4gYEUCHYIKESYOICKYOWSAYOWZA@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)