What Does The <y> Spell?
Why Is That <y> There?
What Is The Base Element?
Can You Hear That Final <e>?
100

yes

[ j ]

100

myself

It's a compound word!

100

plays

played

player

playing

play >

100

love

Nope, it's silent, but no complete English word ends in <v>.

200

my

[ a𝗜 ]

200

myth

It's Greek!

200

cries

cried

crying

crybaby

< cry >

200

hyperbole

Yup, you can hear the <e>, because it's Greek.

300

silly

[ i ]

300

crying

It's unwise to keep two <i>s: *<criing>

300

frees

freed

freeing

freest

free >

300

cake

Nope, the final <e> is silent. It marks the pronunciation of the <a>.

400

myth

[ 𝗜 ]

400

tryout

It's a compound word!

400

sadly

sadness

sadder

saddest

sad >

400

Penelope

Yup, you can hear the <e>, because it's Greek, AND it's a proper name.

500

mystery

There are TWO <y>s.

One spells [ 𝗜 ] and one spells [ i ].

500

Bryan

It's a proper name.

500

loves

loved

loving

lovable

love

500

one

Nope, it's silent, but it needs at least three letters, and it needs to be different from <on>.