Can you think of a word (not a proper noun) that begins and ends with the letter A? You probably can. How about B? How about the rest of the alphabet? I've thought of words like that for 24 of the 26 letters.

Now, can you think of a word that contains a double A (i.e. two A's in a row)? How about a double B? I've thought of words in this category with every letter.

Okay, can you think of a word in which there is a silent--and superfluous--A? In other words, where you would pronounce the word the same without it? My list in this category contains words for all but one of the letters.

See how many of these you can think of. You can use this page as a worksheet, then you can click on "ABC Lists" at the bottom of this page to see my results, along with a bonus list. . . .



words that begin and end with a given letter
AA   NN
BB OO
CC PP
DD QQ
EE RR
FF SS
GG TT
HH UU
I I VV
JJ WW
KK XX
LL YY
MM ZZ

words that contain a given letter doubled
AA   NN
BB OO
CC PP
DD QQ
EE RR
FF SS
GG TT
HH UU
I I VV
JJ WW
KK XX
LL YY
MM ZZ

words that have a given letter silent
A   N
B O
C P
D Q
E R
F S
G T
H U
I V
J W
K X
L Y
M Z



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