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Puzzle ZTNI 



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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?
bag ded dia uoa ide oel ums pyy gou nal cra umb dty

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Answer
bag + de = badge ded + az = dazed dia + ry = diary uoa + qt = quota ide + nx = index oel + vw = vowel ums + bp = bumps pyy + gm = pygmy gou + hl = ghoul nal + fi = final cra + ck = crack umb + jo = jumbo dty + us = dusty

 

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