Why isn't the 'w' in 'answers' pronounced? Like...why?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmqJQ-nc_s

Because it wants to be silent.

So that when it is spoken it is not mistaken for "Ants Were" or "Ants Wear" or "Ants Where"
Examples:
Answer my question!
Ants were my question!

Answer my question!
Ants wear my question.

Answer my question!
Ants? Where my question?

Its silent darlin. ;-)

Takes too long

Mysteries of the ancient story

Peculiarity of English language;

Why do we pronounce an "r" in "colonel"?

ansers

Ansers looks weird

Probably part of the cretinous Latinisation of the language a few centuries ago...

It is a silent letter in this word.
American English pronunciation.