List of 244 Words With Silent Letters
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Many words in the English language have silent letters, often found at the beginning or end. Need some relevant terms? Have a look at this list of words having silent letters.
| abscess | cupboard | knickers | should |
| ache | czar | knife | sign |
| acquire | damn | knight | silhouette |
| acquit | debris | knitting | soften |
| age | debt | knob | solemn |
| aisle | depot | knock | sophomore |
| align | descend | knot | subpoena |
| answer | design | know | subtle |
| apostle | diaphragm | knowledge | succumb |
| apropos | disciple | knuckle | surprise |
| archaeology | disguise | lamb | sword |
| architect | doubt | light | tech |
| ascend | dumb | like | thistle |
| ascent | Easter | limb | though |
| assign | echo | listen | through |
| asthma | edge | love | thumb |
| autumn | eight | mechanic | thyme |
| awry | evanesce | mnemonic | tomb |
| badge | fascinate | moisten | tongue |
| baguette | fasten | monarchy | transcend |
| ballet | faux | mortgage | trestle |
| benign | faux pas | muscle | two |
| beret | feign | name | vegetable |
| biscuit | fluorescent | nestle | victual |
| blackguard | folk | numb | viscount |
| bomb | foreign | obscene | vogue |
| bourgeois | gene | often | wedge |
| breathe | ghost | orchestra | Wednesday |
| bridge | glisten | plaque | weigh |
| bristle | gnarl | playwright | what |
| business | gnarly | please | when |
| bustle | gnash | plumber | where |
| campaign | gnaw | pneumonia | which |
| castle | gnome | psalm | while |
| champagne | gourmet | pseudo | whistle |
| change | guard | psychiatrist | white |
| character | guess | psychic | who |
| charisma | guest | psychology | whole |
| chemical | guide | psychotherapy | why |
| chlorine | guile | psychotic | womb |
| choir | guitar | rapport | would |
| chord | half | raspberry | wrack |
| choreograph | handkerchief | receipt | wrap |
| chrome | handsome | reign | wrapper |
| circuit | hate | rendezvous | wrath |
| climb | hedge | resign | wreath |
| clothes | heir | resuscitate | wreck |
| colleague | high | rhyme | wreckage |
| cologne | honest | rhythm | wren |
| colonel | honor | ricochet | wrench |
| column | hour | right | wrestle |
| comb | hustle | rogue | wrestling |
| condemn | hymn | rustle | wretched |
| conscience | island | salmon | wriggle |
| conscious | isle | scenario | wring |
| consign | isthmus | scene | wrinkle |
| corps | knack | scent | wrist |
| could | knead | scheme | write |
| coulomb | knee | school | wrong |
| coup | kneel | science | wrote |
| crescent | knew | scissors | yacht |
