/əʊ/mid backrounded tensevowel which ismerged with /ɑ/for somespeakers/e/mid frontunroundedlax vowel/ɒ/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "are"/ɪ/low backunroundedvowel/ɔ:/diphthongtypicallypronouncedas the word"or"/aʊ//ʊ/diphthongtypicallyproduced inthe word"light"/ɔɪ/mid backrounded tensevowel typicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/u:/high backroundedtensevowel/eɪ/high frontunroundedtensevowelFree!nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "say"/ʌ/mid centralunroundedvowel typicallytranscribed instressedsyllables/ə/mid centralvowel with /r/coloring typicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/ɪə/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "ear"/ɑ:/unstressed vowelwhich othervowels commonlyreduce to inconnectedconversation/ɜ:/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "heir"/i:/phonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word"house"/eə/high backroundedlax vowel/ʊə/high frontunroundedlax vowel/æ/low frontunroundedvowel/oʊ/nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "low"/əʊ/mid backrounded tensevowel which ismerged with /ɑ/for somespeakers/e/mid frontunroundedlax vowel/ɒ/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "are"/ɪ/low backunroundedvowel/ɔ:/diphthongtypicallypronouncedas the word"or"/aʊ//ʊ/diphthongtypicallyproduced inthe word"light"/ɔɪ/mid backrounded tensevowel typicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/u:/high backroundedtensevowel/eɪ/high frontunroundedtensevowelFree!nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "say"/ʌ/mid centralunroundedvowel typicallytranscribed instressedsyllables/ə/mid centralvowel with /r/coloring typicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/ɪə/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "ear"/ɑ:/unstressed vowelwhich othervowels commonlyreduce to inconnectedconversation/ɜ:/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "heir"/i:/phonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word"house"/eə/high backroundedlax vowel/ʊə/high frontunroundedlax vowel/æ/low frontunroundedvowel/oʊ/nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "low"

IPA VOWEL BINGO - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. mid back rounded tense vowel which is merged with /ɑ/ for some speakers
    /əʊ/
  2. mid front unrounded lax vowel
    /e/
  3. rhotic diphthong typically pronounced as the word "are"
    /ɒ/
  4. low back unrounded vowel
    /ɪ/
  5. diphthong typically pronounced as the word "or"
    /ɔ:/
  6. /aʊ/
  7. diphthong typically produced in the word "light"
    /ʊ/
  8. mid back rounded tense vowel typically transcribed in unstressed syllables
    /ɔɪ/
  9. high back rounded tense vowel
    /u:/
  10. high front unrounded tense vowel
    /eɪ/
  11. nonphonemic diphthong typically pronounced in the word "say"
    Free!
  12. mid central unrounded vowel typically transcribed in stressed syllables
    /ʌ/
  13. mid central vowel with /r/ coloring typically transcribed in unstressed syllables
    /ə/
  14. rhotic diphthong typically pronounced as the word "ear"
    /ɪə/
  15. unstressed vowel which other vowels commonly reduce to in connected conversation
    /ɑ:/
  16. rhotic diphthong typically pronounced as the word "heir"
    /ɜ:/
  17. phonemic diphthong typically pronounced in the word "house"
    /i:/
  18. high back rounded lax vowel
    /eə/
  19. high front unrounded lax vowel
    /ʊə/
  20. low front unrounded vowel
    /æ/
  21. nonphonemic diphthong typically pronounced in the word "low"
    /oʊ/