Spelling Solutions

This little devil of a word needs a mnemonic device pretty badly.

The difficulty with fluorescent comes in remembering the silent letters in it—both the uo combination and the sc combination.

My hope is that you'll find this mnemonic story and device as ludicrously memorable as I do.

The Story: A Sick Gold Nugget

We all know that when you're sick it can be challenging to smell very well. Imagine how hard it would be for a sick gold nugget that can't smell. A flu has come upon its ore, and now it can't detect any scent at all. String the words together and you get fluorescent.

The Mnemonic

Flu + ore + scent = fluorescent

Just remember that sick (with the flu) gold nugget (ore) that can't smell (scent), and you shouldn't have any trouble remembering how to spell fluorescent.