MONOPHTHONG

noun

22 Scrabble

25 WWF

M 3

O 1

N 1

O 1

P 3

H 4

T 1

H 4

O 1

N 1

G 2

Definition

A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in "pap", "pep", "pip", "pop" and "pup", as opposed to a diphthong (eg, /aɪ/, the vowel in "pipe") or a triphthong (eg, /aɪə/, the sound in the non-rhotic pronunciation of "pyre").