Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Say "fo'c's'le," for instance (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ELIDE
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Notes
The answer ELIDE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Abridge
Apocopate
Curtail
Ignore
Omit
Skip
Suppress
Drop in speech
Ignore, in a way
Leave out
Omit in pronunciation
Omit a syllable
Pass over
Skip over
Skip a syllable
Slur over
Strike out
Suppress a syllable
Suppress, as a vowel
Suppress, in a way
Choose not to say?
Drop a letter or two
Say "fo'c'sle," e.g.
Say "li'l," say
Say "somethin'," say
Say somethin', say
Skip over, as a vowel
Say "Li'l Abner," say
What the untruthful cockney did?
Skip, like the H's in "'enry 'iggins"
Definition
ELIDE as a verb:
1. leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"