On-air challenge: Every answer is a word that starts with a silent letter. Identify the words from their anagrams. Last week's challenge: Last week's challenge comes from Sandy Weisz, of Chicago ...

An animated guide to words containing silent letters. This short film is relevant to teaching English at KS2 level in England and Northern Ireland and Second Level in Scotland.

Words with silent letters that annoy me6) Wrangle (v.): to have a long and complicated dispute I promised I would come back to this word, so here it goes. While the mysterious “w” in wrangle ...

English is becoming one of the most common languages worldwide, yet silent letters in words present a challenge for many learners. Silent letters help distinguish homophones, but result from ...

The use of silent letters makes the English language notoriously hard to learn, but there are legitimate explanations for why these extra letters exist.

Hundreds of Afghans, weary of war and unsure of the future, have joined a letter-writing campaign to share their feelings with the powerful few who will decide on peace with the Taliban and, with ...

Before talkies, type mattered enormously to movies, though the typists rarely got their due. A film festival has spurred the resurrection of one of those antique letter faces.

But there's also a silent-letter grouping that could trip you up. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle.

You’d think spelling and pronunciation would go hand in hand. Well, English had other plans. Silent letters are those sneaky little things hiding in plain sight - they’re written down but ...

NYT Connections May 14 puzzle brings a mix of fun and challenge with silent letters, Greek prefixes, and famous movie animals. Today’s Connections answers—like gnome, meta, Babe, and wick ...