(or optionally) after (as in 'lute'), and after additional consonants in American English (a do-dew merger). (After , have assimilated to in some words.)

The letter is used in the digraphs , (various pronunciations, but usually ), and with the value of long in , , and in a few words (as in 'fruit'). It often has the sound before a vowel in the sequences (as in 'quick'), (as in 'anguish'), and (as in 'suave'), though it is silent in final (as in 'unique') and in many words with (as in