| Silent Letters |
| Silent A They are artistically, musically, romantically and logically sound. |
| Silent B climb, crumbs, debt, doubt, numb, subtle, thumb, tomb, womb, bomb, comb The doubt about the debt is not subtle, but the subtleties of life are much more subtle. The baby came out of the womb with a comb and a bomb in his hands and went off to raid a tomb. The plumber’s limbs and thumbs are numb because of climbing and playing with lambs. |
| Silent C acquire, muscle, scissors She has acquired some muscle and scissors scientifically. |
| Silent D Wednesday, sandwich, handsome, edge, bridge Last Wednesday, she had a sandwich with a handsome boy sitting on the edge of Cambridge Bridge. |
| Silent E hate, name, like, breathe |
| Silent F (no words) |
| Silent G sign, gnaw, high, light, reign, though, through The gnat gnawed and gnarled at thorough thought which goes high and through what is taught in foreign signs that feign to reign supreme. |
| Silent H honest, ghost, heir, hour, what, whether, honour The honest ghost is the heir to the honour at this hour whether we are overwhelmed or not. |
| Silent I business |
| Silent J (no words) |
| Silent K knead, knife, knight, knock, knot, know We need to knead it not to tie it in a knot knowing that tonight the knight with the knowledge of the knife has knocked his knees. |
| Silent L would, should, could, calf, half, salmon, calm, palm, psalm, talk, yolk, folk, walk, chalk, stalk I would but should I even if I could eat half of a calf with some salmon calmly under a palm tree talking to the folk about the jokes about the broken yolk walking up the stalk marking everything with a chalk. |
| Silent M mnemonic |
| Silent N autumn, column, condemn, damn, hymn, solemn To damn is to condemn her in the autumn to the solemn hymns tied to a column. |
| Silent O colonel |
| Silent P corps, coup, pneumonia, psychology, receipt The colonel with pneumonia and the corps cooked up a coup de tat using a psychology book and the receipt from the last war. |
| Silent Q (no words) |
| Silent R (no words in American English. However, British English has some silent Rs) |
| Silent S aisle, island, debris, bourgeois Plenty of debris on the island was seen by the bourgeois from the aisle of the plane. |
| Silent T asthma, ballet, castle, gourmet, listen, rapport, ricochet, soften The asthmatic ballet dancer was invited to the castle but went to the chalet with a bouquet for the buffet and had to listen to the softened tones of those who had rapport appreciating the gourmet. |
| Silent U colleague, guess, guard, guide, guilt, guitar, tongue My colleague asked me to guess quietly without using my tongue which guard was guilty of playing the guitar without my guidance. |
| Silent V (no words) |
| Silent W answer, sword, two, whole, wrist, write, who Whoever can rotate their two wrists holding a sword in one hand and a pen in the other has to write two whole chapters. |
| Silent X faux pas Faux pas is a word of French origin. It means a “social mistake” or “inconsiderate action in a social situation.” Example: “Not inviting his mother-in-law to the party was a serious faux pas.” |
| Silent Y (No words) |
| Silent Z rendezvous |