STUMPERS CXCII

SILENT TYPES
Credit: NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
July 27, 2008
Trip Payne
Presented by Will Shortz

Think of a six-letter word that ends in a silent letter. Drop this letter and you will have a five-letter word ending in two silent letters. What are the two words?

HINT:
The second word is often used to name a branch of the military.

Answers:

CORPSE
CORPS