Puzzle Details
Below are thirteen common 5-letter words, each of which has had two of its letters removed.
In total these 26 letters are A-Z. The remaining letters in each word are in the correct order.
There are no words that are spelled differently based on location (favour / favor, etc) and there are no plurals.
Can you determine the original words?
-AI-E
S-UA-
-E-EL
-O-ED
-NA-E
FOG--
C--MP
B--JO
-R-IT
-RE-T
-AV-N
MU--C
MOU--
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Answer
-AI-E >> MAIZE (MZ)
S-UA- >> SQUAD (QD)
-E-EL >> JEWEL (JW)
-O-ED >> FOXED (FX)
-NA-E >> KNAVE (KV)
FOG-- >> FOGGY (GY)
C--MP >> CLUMP (LU)
B--JO >> BANJO (AN)
-R-IT >> ORBIT (OB)
-RE-T >> CREPT (CP)
-AV-N >> RAVEN (RE)
MU--C >> MUSIC (SI)
MOU-- >> MOUTH (TH)
The solution above uses common words, the solution below uses the less common word CLOMP.
-AI-E >> MAIZE (MZ)
S-UA- >> SQUAD (QD)
-E-EL >> JEWEL (JW)
-O-ED >> BOXED (BX)
-NA-E >> KNAVE (KV)
FOG-- >> FOGGY (GY)
C--MP >> CLOMP (LO)
B--JO >> BANJO (AN)
-R-IT >> FRUIT (FU)
-RE-T >> CREPT (CP)
-AV-N >> RAVEN (RE)
MU--C >> MUSIC (SI)
MOU-- >> MOUTH (TH)
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