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Lol taut is already a word, it's homophone of taught and means stretched tightly. And thou is the spelling of the archaic/biblical you. Also thou sounds like cow and though is most often substituted as tho
And thru and tuff are sometimes used in American English, but mostly on signage and branding
That means, they are sensible ways to spell those words, doesn't it? Like "open alnite".
Sure, in informal situations currently it's fine. It may change in the future depending on how common its usage becomes. Nite is a good example of informal English becoming so normalized that is formally acceptable.
For what it's worth though the examples I was thinking of are more like trademarks. Drive-thru and tuff-stuff (cleaner brand) were the first to come to my mind.