An easy problem 2 slove 4 you?

Open - cocoon, cubic, slogan tuna

Closed - circus, figment, hammock, varnish

An open syllable word has to contain at least one syllable which has a vowel at its end e.g. co-coon, slo-gan

A closed syllable word does not contain syllables which adhere to the above rule.

Run that by me again??

Oh - okay...let me see if I have you figured out.

1,2,4,6 are closed

The rest are open.

ADD: I appreciate the upthumb, whoever, but it appears I'm wrong. I can't believe I had a tough time figuring this out from stuff on the net.

It appears that you have to take the entire syllable and examine it. If it starts with a vowel+consonant, or is a vowel surrounded by consonants, then that syllable is closed. The words on the list that conform to that structure begin with: cir, fig, ham and var.

The remaing words begin with syllables ending in a vowel, and so are open: co, cu, slo and tu.

But that just covers the FIRST syllable. Since cocoon, cubic and slogan END in a "closed" syllable, than I need to ask if a "closed syllable word" is defined ONLY by its first syllable?

And PS: Screw your downthumb, whoever else. ;-)

@"An open syllable word has to contain at least one syllable which has a vowel at its end"

Okay, so it's a go-nogo thing. If a word has ANY open syllables, regardless of position, then the entire word is an "open syllable word". Otherwise, it's a "closed syllable word". That makes it a lot easier to spot.

Thanks, Rufus! ;-)

Open Syllable Word List

open:

cocoon, cubic, slogan, tuna

closed:

circus, figment, hammock, varnish