Handshape 3 represents the consonant phonemes /hhhhhhhhh, sssssssss, rrrrrrrrr/. 

Mnemonic Phrases

• horse
• sea horse
• red hot sun
• horrible reeking stench
• rattlesnakes hiss

Practice

Handshape 3 and Vowels

air, C, cease, ear, hairy, hare, hearse, her, here, hi, high, higher, hoe, horse, hour, house, how, or, our, race, rear, recess, rehearse, rice, row, rye, sauce, saucer, see, sew, sigh, so, sour, soy, who

Handshape 3 and Other Handshape Cues

base, best, Claire, crops, feast, fire, ghosts, green, grew, help, leased, must, red, roof, sail, same, scraped, skull, space, stairs, streets, strong, suit, through, tossed, trunks, whole

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20,000+ Words that Use Handshape 3 - created by the Word List Generator

See Also

• Handshape 1
• Handshape 2