Five Hard Words Play today

Tier four of five

How to spell colleague

What it means

a person you work with

How it sounds

/ˈkɑliɡ/

Why it catches people out

Ends like league, with a silent u before the final e.

The spellings people reach for

In a sentence

A colleague flagged the error first.

First appeared in

Puzzle #14 — August 7, 2026