Welcome to the practice page for /ʌ/ vowel (as in ‘Strut’) in General American English (GenAm).
| Up | Luck | Brunch | Touch | Dusk |
| Cup | Hunt | Pup | Bulk | Dust |
| Shut | Ugh | Just | Must | Rush |
| Thrust | Love | Rust | Duck | Stuck |
| Crush | Crunch | Punch | Much | What |
| /ʌ/ Phrases- Repeated Occurrence |
| Lunch bunch | Duck hunt | Pluck rust | What hunch | Stuck rut |
| Shut hutch | Budge trunk | Nut Hut | Truck front | Mud thud |
| Must crunch | Mutt strut | Mulch dust | Blood rush | Suck up |
| Just us | Dust bunk | Touch cuff | Gut punch | Rush shut |
| Rough clutch | Plush brush | Junk stuff | Runt pup | Much trust |
| /ʌ/ Phrases- Single Occurrence |
| Up high | Rush away | Grape bunch | Big buck | Brush stroke |
| Um no | Felt blush | Stuck here | Bunk bed | But why |
| Bear hunt | No luck | Huge chunk | Red cup | Loud thud |
| With us | Love to read | Paper cut | Flower bud | Hockey puck |
| Flush out | Captain Crush | Wooden hutch | Shut door | Shuts down |
| /ʌ/ Sentences- Repeated Occurrence |
| The paper cut caused a blood rush | What is your gut hunch |
| The rust flower bud was crushed | Hush, there is no such luck |
| I don’t have much trust in us | The shut trunk won’t budge |
| This junk stuff feels like a rut | The Nut Hut is shut for the summer |
| The mutt strut is such a fun parade | He is done cutting the butter |
| /ʌ/ Sentences- Single Occurrence |
| Please shut the door behind you | I brush my hair every morning |
| What do you think now | That is such a lie |
| Put the packages in the trunk | I had a hunch this would happen |
| I’m on the hunt for a good sale | A big wind gust blew through |
| I wish you good luck | This grape bunch is very good |
