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What words have the letters ui in them with long I sound?

You're looking for words with "ui" that sound like "eye." Here are a few examples:

Common words:

* Guide

* Ruin

* Suit

* Juice

* Tuition

* Cruiser

Less common words:

* Cuitlahuac (an Aztec emperor)

* Kuiper (a belt of icy objects in the outer Solar System)

* Sluis (a small town in the Netherlands)

* Luid (a word meaning "loud" in Dutch)

Proper Nouns:

* Luis (a Spanish name)

* Neil (a common English name)

* Reid (a common English surname)

This isn't an exhaustive list, but it gives you a good starting point. The "ui" combination often creates the long "i" sound, but it can be tricky because sometimes it makes a different sound (like in "build" or "fruit").

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