List of words with silent letters
Posted by Administrator on Tue, 26 Jan 2010
A is silent in
Head, bread, deaf, meant
B is silent in
Debt, lamb, bomb, tomb, climb, numb, plumb, comb, thumb, tomb, crumb, debt, doubt, subtle
C is silent in
Muscle, blackguard, yacht, indict, scissors, handkerchief, sandwich, landscape scene, scent
D is silent in
Wednesday, handkerchief, handbag, grandson, sandwich, handsome, landscape, Windsor
E is silent in
pirate, more, have, give, rite, fame, serve, enclose, bridge, more, careful, clue, lonely, vogue, hope, corpse, fate
F is silent in
Stiff, cuff, scoff
G is silent in
Gnaw, gnome, phlegm, straight, though, light, align, gnash, reign, champagne, diaphragm, high, gnaw, ghost
H is silent in
Honour, heir, ghost, night, hour, hurrah, Pooh, khaki, Gandhi, heir, Birmingham, exhaust, Thames, exhibition
I is silent in
Business, fashion, cushion
K is silent in
Know, knee, knock, blackguard, knead, knot, knife, knickers, knell, knight, blackguard
L is silent in
Talk, folk, salmon, colonel, salmon, psalm, almond, calf, half, folk, yolk, chalk, calm, talk
M is silent in
Mnemonic
N is silent in
Autumn, solemn, condemn, damn, hymn, monsieur, column, chimney
O is silent in
Leopard, jeopardy
P is silent in
Psalm, pneumatic, cupboard, receipt, corps, pneumonia, pseudo, ptomaine, psychology, ptomaine, coup, receipt, Thompson
R is silent in
Myrrh, catarrh, diarrhea
S is silent in
Isle, aisle, viscount, mess, island, viscount, apropos, aisle, debris, bourgeois, Illinois, Basle, bourgeois
T is silent in
Often, thistle, fasten, mortgage, ballet, ricochet, Christmas, gourmet, tsunami, thistle, rapport, asthma, listen, castle, soften
U is silent in
Build, guild, plague, guest, questionnaire, guitar, catalogue, guilt, tongue, colleague, guide, dialogue
W is silent in
Whole, write, sword, sword, greensward, answer, Greenwich, Norwich, write, two, wrist, writ, whore
Y is silent in
Prayer, mayor
Z is silent in
Rendezvous
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