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English diphthongs – /əʊ/ as in go

Word list with the vowel sound as in the word "go".

The eight English diphthongs

Diphthong in go as in "oh", "no", "so" or "phone".

Words with a common or rhyming diphthong as the final sound

aero aggro aglow ago aikido airflow airshow Alfa Romeo® alfresco allegro also alter ego although altissimo alto amigo antihero antipasto Antonio Apollo apropos argot armadillo Armado arrow Art Deco Art Nouveau audio auto avocado bambino banjo Bardot Barnardo barrow Beano beau bedfellow bellow below bestow Bhutto billow bimbo bingo Biro® Bisto® bistro bistrot blanco blow blow-by-blow bolero Bordeaux Borneo borrow bow (archery) bow (playing the violin) bravado bravo Brillo® bronco Bruno bubo buffalo bungalow bureau burrow caballero cacao Cairo calico callow calypso cameo canto capo (criminal chieftain) capo (for guitar) cappuccino capriccio capriccioso cargo casino Casio® Castro cattle-show cello centimo chapeau chapeaux château châteaux cheapo cheerio Chicago chicano chino chorizo Cicero cigarillo cilantro Cleo Co (abbrev. for company) cockcrow coco cocoa Cocteau Colombo Colorado combo commando comme il faut Como concertino concerto concerto grosso condo Congo contraflow contralto Cornetto® cornrow Cosmo counterblow credo crescendo crossbow crow Crusoe cruzado crypto dataflow de facto deathblow Defoe dekko demo depot desperado Diderot dildo dingo disco ditto dodo doe Domingo domino dough dumbo duo dynamo echo eco- eeny, meeny, miney, mo ego El Dorado El Greco elbow Eldorado embargo embryo entrepôt escargot (French) escrow escudo Eskimo Esperanto espresso Esso® ethno- euro Euro- expresso fallow falsetto fandango Faro (in Portugal) farrow fatso Felixstowe fellatio felloe fellow fiasco Figaro Filipino finito flambeau flamenco flamingo flow folio follow forego foreknow foreshadow foreshow forgo fortissimo Francisco (San Francisco) Franco fresco furrow Galileo gâteau gazebo gazpacho gecko generalissimo Gestapo get-up-and-go ghetto gigolo gigot giro Giro gismo gizmo Glasgow Glencoe glow go Godot go-go Gogo go-slow GPO gringo grotto Groucho grow guano Guido gusto gyro- H2O hallo hallow halo handbarrow haricot harrow Heathrow heave-ho hedgerow heigh-ho hello hero Hero hey presto hippo HMO ho hobo hoe Hokkaido hollow homeo- homo Horatio Hounslow Hugo Huguenot hullo hydro hypno hypo- Iago Idaho impresario incognito incommunicado indigo inferno inflow info initio innuendo intermezzo intro Io Ionesco ipso facto Jarrow Jericho Jethro jo Jo Joe judo jumbo Juno junto k.o. kendo Kilimanjaro kilo kimono know KO Kosovo Kyoto Laredo largo Latino legato Lego® lento Leo libido libretto lido Lido limbo lingo litho Llandudno loco logo longbow Longfellow Lorenzo lotto low Ludlow ludo Lugano lumbago macho macro maestro Mafioso magnifico malapropos Malmö Malvolio mango manifesto Marlow(e) marrow marshmallow matelot Mayo (in Ireland, surname) mayo (abbrev. for mayonnaise) McEnroe meadow Meccano® medico mellow memento memo merlot metro Mexico mezzo mezzo-soprano Michelangelo micro Mikado minnow miso mistletoe mo Mo moderato Monaco mono Monro(e) Monte Carlo Montenegro morello Moreno Morocco morrow Moscow mosquito mot motto mow (cut down) mumbo-jumbo Munro Murillo (Spanish) muscovado muso mustachio NALGO narrow NATO Nero Nintendo® no no-go no-no no-show nouveau(x) numero nympho O (interjection) o (the letter) obligato oboe octavo oh Ohio oratorio oregano Orlando Oslo osteo- Othello outflow outgo outgrow overblow overflow overgrow oversew overshadow overthrow Oviedo owe oxo palamino palazzo Palermo Paradiso patio pay-as-you-go peepshow peso pesto Peto Peugeot® Pharaoh photo physio pianissimo piano (instrument) piano (softly) Picasso piccolo picot Pierrot pillow pimento pimiento Pimlico pinko Pinocchio pinot pintado pinto pistachio placebo plateau Plato playfellow PLO Pluto PO poco pogo Poirot polio politburo politico polo poncho porno portfolio portico Portillo portmanteau potato Prado presto pro PRO promo pronto prosciutto Prospero proviso pseudo psycho PTO pueblo Puerto Rico punctilio pyro- quango quarto Quasimodo quid pro quo radio rainbow Rambo ratio recto Renault® retro rhino rho rialto Ricardo Rico right(h)o righty-ho Rigoletto Rimbaud Ringo Rio Rio de Janeiro risotto roadshow rodeo roe Roe Romeo rondeau rondo Rousseau row sabot saddo sago sallow salvo sambo San Antonio San Domingo San Fernando San Francisco San Remo Santiago Santo Domingo Sanyo® São Paulo Sapporo Sarajevo say-so scarecrow scenario Scorpio secondo sew sexto shadow shallow Shinto show sicko sideshow silo simpatico slow snow so so-and-so socio- Soho solo sombrero soprano sorrow so-so sourdough sow Soweto sparrow speedo staccato status quo steno stereo stiletto stop-and-go stop-go stow strow stucco studio subito subzero superego superhero supremo swallow tableau tableaux taco tallow tally-ho tamarillo tango tanto taro tarot techno telephoto tempo terrazzo Tesco® Texaco® Theo tho' though throw tiptoe Tito to-and-fro tobacco toe Togo Tokyo toledo (blade) Toledo (city) tomato tomorrow tornado Toronto torpedo torso tostado tow tremolo tricot trio trow Trudeau Truffaut Truro turbo Tussaud (waxworks owner) typo UFO ultimo undergo undertow UNESCO uno up-tempo Valentino Velcro® verso vertigo veto vibrato video vino Virgo (constellation) virtuoso volcano Volvo® VSO wallow waterpolo weirdo Westward Ho! whacko wheelbarrow whoso widow wilco willow window windrow winnow wino wo woe yarrow yellow yo yo-yo zero Zhivago