Study the word list: au words (copy)

Sometimes the /or/ sound is spelled with the letters au. While there is no hard and fast rule for when the or sound is spelled this way, you should never use the letters au at the end of a word. This list looks at a few au words.

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sauce	Grate some cheese to go in the sauce.
haul	An old cart horse was used to haul the load.
maul	If you go in a tiger's cage it is likely to maul you.
paul	Paul rode his bike every day.
daub	The artist liked to daub paint on his canvas.
taut	The tent ropes must be taut.
fraud	The conman committed fraud. *
cause	A charity is a good cause.
pause	Hit the pause button to stop the video clip.
fault	It's not my fault I'm late.
vault	The bank stores its gold in a deep vault.
daunt	The thought of the Math exam began to daunt me.
gaunt	She ate so little, she began to look gaunt. *
haunt	They say the old castle is haunted.
jaunt	Let's go on a jaunt to the beach.
launch	A space probe was launched yesterday.
paunch	A large fat stomach could be called a paunch.
staunch	Staunch can mean very reliable and loyal.
August	It was extremely hot last August.