Round archive · September 24, 2026
The first frost in a backyard garden
The text, mistakes revealed
Here is the text as players saw it, with its 5 mistakes highlighted and corrected.
Arthur stepped slowly into the backyard and noticed the sudden silver coating on the grass. It was only late autumn, but the freezing wind felt like a bitter morning in FebuaryFebruary. Beyond the old wooden fence, a small flock of sheepssheep huddled closely together for warmth. He touched a frozen tomato leaf and felt a wierdweird crunch under his thick leather gloves. Losing his prized summer harvest usually damaged his gardening self esteemself-esteem quite heavily. However, his kind neighbor had just offered a lovely complementcompliment about his winter squash. Smiling warmly at the memory, he walked back inside to brew a pot of hot coffee.
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The traps in this round
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Febuary →February
“February” keeps the first r.
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sheeps →sheep
“Sheep” is the same in the plural.
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wierd →weird
“Weird” is one of the words that breaks the i-before-e rule.
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self esteem →self-esteem
Compounds with “self-” take a hyphen.
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complement →compliment
“Compliment” is praise; “complement” completes something.