Spelling Bees with Only One Vowel

Updated 2024-11-30 Nearly all the pangrams used in the Spelling Bee have two or more vowels (A E I O U), or two vowels plus Y. A small number of Bees used pangrams that have only one vowel, or that have only one vowel plus Y. Here they all are, with the dates of the puzzles in which they were used.
SPELLING BEES WITH ONLY ONE VOWEL. BACKHANDApril 30, 2020
BACKWARD and DRAWBACK in the same BeeNovember 26, 2019April 25, 2020October 31, 2020
BACKYARDJuly 11, 2020April 20, 2021May 9, 2022 CRIMPING August 6, 2024 EMBEZZLEMENTOctober 19, 2018April 5, 2020
FARMHANDAugust 21, 2019
FARMLANDMay 1, 2020May 23, 2022
FLAGRANTMarch 5, 2019May 5, 2020
FILCHING and FLINCHING in the same BeeOctober 2, 2021 November 28, 2024 FLAPJACKJuly 2, 2019
GLITCHINGOctober 9, 2023
HANDCLAPDecember 4, 2019
HARDBACKFebruary 2, 2019September 23, 2019
HARDTACKSeptember 5, 2019
LANDMARKJanuary 5, 2019July 1, 2020
LENGTHENEDOctober 5, 2020July 16, 2021December 15, 2022February 9, 2024
MONTHLONGMay 12, 2020
PARKLANDMarch 13, 2020
THRILLINGJuly 7, 2021July 26, 2023
TRACKPADDecember 29, 2020November 19, 2022 March 27, 2024
TRACKWAYDecember 5, 2018March 29, 2019March 6, 2020June 26, 2021
TWITCHING and WITCHING in the same BeeOctober 10, 2022January 25, 2024
WATCHMANAugust 5, 2018
SPELLING BEES WITH ONE VOWEL PLUS Y
ADAMANTLYOctober 16, 2021December 28, 2022March 11, 2024
AWKWARDLYSeptember 26, 2019October 22, 2020June 21, 2021February 27, 2023 CHLOROPHYLL October 2, 2019 December 23, 2023 November 26, 2024
DONNYBROOKJanuary 21, 2020
EXCELLENTLYJanuary 4, 2019January 8, 2020June 20, 2022
FRANKLYDecember 10, 2019
GALLANTRYFebruary 24, 2019September 14, 2019
GLITCHYJune 24, 2018December 23, 2019
GRANDBABYOctober 29, 2018
HAGGARDLYAugust 16, 2019November 20, 2019May 7, 2020October 13, 2020
IMPLICITLYMarch 21, 2020July 5, 2020
INCIVILITYOctober 1, 2018September 22, 2021
LENGTHYMarch 22, 2019January 13, 2020
MONTHLYDecember 7, 2018May 16, 2019
NITPICKYMarch 24, 2019
PROMONTORYDecember 21, 2018July 10, 2019April 24, 2020January 1, 2021
PROMPTLYAugust 14, 2018
TWINKLYJuly 26, 2018
VACANTLYJanuary 28, 2020June 15, 2020 VILIFYING March 1, 2022 September 29, 2024
WRINKLYMay 24, 2020
Thanks, as always, to sbsolver.com for these fascinating data.
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