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

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