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ʊ
English spelling of the IPA ʊ sound: Usually oo or ou.
The ʊ sound is like the IPA uː sound, but shorter.
Words with an obvious ʊ sound
book, cook, good, room, foot, look, took, wood, hook, hood, stood
(but not too, cool, food, mood, moon, pool, school, roof, route, root, boot)
could, would, should
Words with a surprise ʊ sound
put, pull, push, cushion, full, bull, pudding, pussycat
(but not but, dull, hush, rush, bud, fuss, etc)
Compare ʊ and uː