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.

The English language is notorious for its use of silent letters. In fact, about 60 percent of English words contain a silent letter. But these often distressing words weren’t intended to be so ...

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 ...

Well, English had other plans. Silent letters are those sneaky little things hiding in plain sight – they’re written down but never actually said out loud. And yet, we’ve just accepted that ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. And the letter ‘h’ is silent in the word 'ghost'. ghost There are lots more examples of words with silent ...