Round archive · September 16, 2026

A neighborhood diner at breakfast

Level: Hard 8 mistakes to spot 0 players

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When the diner opens, the morning rush brings a persistantpersistent clatter of heavy plates and murmured conversations. I slide into my usual booth, which is surprisingly comfortiblecomfortable despite the heavily cracked red vinyl seats. From my corner, I take a quick peakpeek at the tired cook flipping eggs over the greasy stainless steel counter. Brenda, the waitress, will never harrassharass her regular customers for an order before pouring their first coffee. Once I have atehave eaten my stack of pancakes, I usually watch the busy street outside waking up to the freezing dawn. Today, two tiny field mousesmice dart past the door, desperately trying to siezeseize a dropped crumb outside. When I finally stand up, I drop my crumpled bills on the table and do not even ask the cashier for a recieptreceipt.

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The traps in this round

persistant →persistent

“Persistent” ends in -ent.
comfortible →comfortable

“Comfortable” ends in -able: “comfort” is a whole word on its own.
peak →peek

“Peek” is a quick look; “peak” is a summit.
harrass →harass

“Harass” takes one r and two s.
have ate →have eaten

The past participle of “eat” is “eaten”.
mouses →mice

The plural of “mouse” is “mice”.
sieze →seize

“Seize” takes e before i, against the usual rule.
reciept →receipt

“Receipt” keeps a silent p, and the e comes before the i after c.