The words pronounced with a short [ʊ] are: foot /fʊt/ moor /mʊə/ UK, /mʊr/ US or /mɔː/ UK, /mɔːr/ US poor /pʊə/ UK, /pʊr/ US or /pɔː/ UK, /pɔːr/ US soot /sʊt/ wool /wʊl/ Finally, words derived from the words above, such as footing from foot, looked from look, etc., are also pronounced with a short [ʊ].