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What words have a silent 'gh'?

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The GH is silent in several spellings:

I words (long I) : high, sigh, light, night

AI words (long A) : straight

EI words (long A) : weigh, eight, neighbor

AU and OU words (AW) : bought, fought, caught, daughter, naughty

OU words (OW) : bough, plough

OU words (long O): dough, though

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