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How to spell answer

Answer is spelled A-N-S-W-E-R.

hear itan·swer/'ænsər/nounLong vowels

What it means: A statement that solves a problem.

In a sentence: Can you find the answer to the puzzle?

The part people get wrong

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Same family: answers, answered, answering, unanswered, reply. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "answer" comes from Old English "andswaru," which literally meant a "counter-speech" or a reply spoken in return. It’s related to an old idea of speaking "against" or in response to something that was said first.

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