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Words that Begin with Silent Letters

Whether they're Greek or Japanese, some borrowed English words begin with letters you don't pronounce. Try to think of them all before time runs out!
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Last updated: September 4, 2015
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First submittedSeptember 3, 2015
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A large wave
T
Tsunami
Flying dinosaur
P
Pterodactyl
An infection of the lungs
P
Pneumonia
An early knowledge-based cult of Christianity
G
Gnosticism
A potective lawn orniment
G
Gnome
The study of the mind
P
Psychology
A medieval warrior
K
Knight
Tricks for memorizing things
M
Mnemonics
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An early Greco-Egyptian scientist
P
Ptolemy
The sport of grappling with an opponent
W
Wrestling
A Romantic Russia composer
T
Tchaikovsky
A standard unit of time
H
Hour
A religious song or text, such as the ones by David
P
Psalm
The Greek letter that makes the "ps" sound
P
Psi
Respect paid to another person
H
Honor
ander217
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Level 75
Sep 3, 2015
I almost think I would have liked it better without the first letter hints. It was pretty easy this way except I couldn't think of Ptolemy. Fun quiz.
WindsOfGauldron
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Level 61
Sep 4, 2015
Yes, sorry about that!
TenThousand
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Level 76
Sep 3, 2015
I enjoyed it too, but isn't a religious song (singular) a psalm? Also, could you accept the alternate spelling of honour?
PanosG31
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Level 35
Sep 4, 2015
I think the T in tsunami isn't silent. Unless you pronounce it sunami. And really you pronounce the letter Ψ (psi) as si??
PSTSCCH
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Level 47
Sep 4, 2015
I partly agree with that. In Japanese, tsu (つ) with ts combined as one consonant and su (す) are different sounds, but I guess that most Westerners (or, at least, those who do not speak Japanese) will pronounce these two similarly.
WindsOfGauldron
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Level 61
Sep 4, 2015
Good point! The "t" is pronounced in Japanese, however, most English speaker find this difficult to say. Because of it's introduction to the English vocabulary, it is also an English word, and most dictionaries allow both pronunciations.
ponnuki
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Level 58
Sep 5, 2015
A pterodactyl is not a dinosaur. Also, it is just one genus of pterosaurs, which would be an alternative answer, as would Pteranodon, another genus of pterosaurs. Except that as said, none of them are dinosaurs, and real flying dinosaurs are known as birds.
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