Below are thirteen 5-letter words, each of which has had two of its letters removed.
In total, these 26 letters are A to 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 find 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--
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Answers
-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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