But how can you understand words without vowels? Your brain does not read words letter by letter, experts told Live Science. Instead, it looks for patterns, considers context then makes predictions.

In the on-air puzzle, you are given clues to two words, each with two syllables. The vowel sound in the first syllable of the first word is a long A. Change that vowel to a short I, and phonetically ...

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"Ths sntnc s mssng ts vwls." You likely figured out the words — "this sentence is missing its vowels" — even though they're lacking several letters of the alphabet. But how can you understand words ...