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What is your native language, and if English, what dialect?

For me, the "foo" in "foobar" has the same vowel as "toot", which is different than "foot". Do "toot" and "foot" rhyme for you.

I speak American English, from Boston/New England but without a strong Boston accent.

Foo is ooo like in ooze

Foot is fuht, like good

It is. Surely it is, right?

Not in New York, at least. Foo rhymes with Blue and Flu, while Foot rhymes with Soot and Put (same vowel sound as Book, Look, Cook, etc.).

In most English dialects, <foot> is pronounced /fʊt/, not /fut/.

I’m not aware of any specific examples where <foo> and <foot> have the same vowel.