OO sounds

Table 1. 90 common words spell the long OO-sound with oo, but
91 words spell it with other letters, in the stem of words and endings.
And in some words oo spells a shorter sound, e.g. ‘good‘ in table 2.

boom shoot brood brutal bruise tomb
boon smooth broom brute cruise womb
boost snooker droop crucial fruit  
boot soon groom crude recruit shrewd
choose soothe groove cruel sluice  
cool spoof proof frugal   manoeuvre
doom spook roof intrude lose  
food spool room prune move gruesome
fool spoon root ruby prove  
goose stool troop rude   sleuth
hoof stoop   ruined acoustic  
hooligan swoon macaroon rule bivouac  
hoop swoop maroon rural boutique  
hoot tool mushroom truant coupon  
lagoon tooth   truce group  
mood whoop   truly recoup  
moon zoom bloom fluent route  
moor   gloom fluid soup  
moot baboon loom fluke toucan  
noodle cartoon loop flute tourist  
noon cocoon loose glucose troupe  
noose harpoon loosen include wound  
poodle pontoon loot lubricate youth  
pool     ludicrous    
school   balloon ludo truth  
schooner   saloon lukewarm    
scoop     luminous    
scooter     lunar    
      lunatic    
      plural    
      recluse    
      secluded    
      plumage    
bamboo boo blue   blew do
cockatoo coo clue   brew lasso
hullabaloo goo flue flu crew to
igloo loo glue gnu drew two
kangaroo moo rue guru flew who
shampoo shoo true zulu grew  
tattoo too     screw  
voodoo woo construe   shrew canoe
yahoo zoo accrue   slew shoe
        strew  
        threw through
        cashew you
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