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Updated June 2026
Complete absence of sound, or to cause to become quiet. Silence represents quietness or the act of suppressing noise or speech.
“A moment of silence was observed to honour and remember those who had served their country.”
/saɪləns/
si·lence
Contains -ILENCE pattern; -ENCE ending is common
Worth 9 points; useful for building quiet-related vocabulary
Shorter words formed from the letters in “silence”.
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