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How to spell wrung

hear it/rʌŋ/verbSilent and tricky

What it means: Twisted or squeezed something to remove liquid.

In a sentence: She wrung out the wet towel after washing her hands.

The part people get wrong

Watch for a silent w. Often misspelled as rung or wrang.

Same family: wring, wringing, wringer, twist, squeeze. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Wrung” is the irregular past tense and past participle of “wring,” from Old English “wringan,” meaning to twist or press. The same ancient root also appears in words like “wrangle” and is related to the idea of twisting or contorting something.

Patterns it uses: Silent letters

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