Daily wordsSaturday 12 September
The U after Q that stays silent
You get to the estate sale twenty minutes early, and the line already stretches past the croquet lawn.
- queue/kjuː/
- antique/ænˈtiːk/
- unique/juːˈniːk/
- opaque/oʊˈpeɪk/
- plaque/plæk/
- technique/tekˈniːk/
- bouquet/buːˈkeɪ/
- croquet/kroʊˈkeɪ/
- mosquito/məˈskiːtoʊ/
- conquer/ˈkɑːŋkər/
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