OOoo (as in book)
OO (Short Sound)
OO sometimes makes a shorter sound, like in 'book' and 'good'.
How this rule works
The vowel team OO has two sounds. This is the shorter one, heard in 'book', 'look' and 'good' — not the long one in 'moon' and 'food'. Words with short OO need to be learned individually.
Remember: Look in a book — short OO!
Examples
Words that use this rule
39 words in the SnapPhonics dictionary use this rule. Tap any word to see how it breaks into sounds.
Exceptions
There's no reliable rule to predict which OO sound a word uses. The short sound often appears before K.
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