Vowels

[Dark Ronin]

Yesterday I was told that all words have vowels. My reaction was “No they don’t that’s just stupid”, but after spending over an hour trying to come up with a word I’ve almost given up hope. I thought the people here might have some ideas. It looks like nearly every word has a vowel. Most words have vowels for either the first or second letter, sometimes the third if it’s after an “r”. This might be common sense and I just hadn’t heard of it, but it surprises me. I did come up with a few words like hymn, rhythm, and myth, but then I was told that they have a “y” and the vowels are “a”, “e”, “I”, “o”, “u”, and sometimes “y”. But I don’t really get the whole sometimes “y” thing. Anyway I would really appreciate any help on this. My pride is at stake. Not to mention 40 bucks.