Round archive · September 27, 2026
The slow work of restoring a mural
The text, mistakes revealed
Here is the text as players saw it, with its 7 mistakes highlighted and corrected.
Clara spent thirty fivethirty-five hours cleaning just one small corner of the damaged plaster. The building had been a lively restarauntrestaurant before the roof collapsed and let the rain inside. She gently wiped away the soot while listening to an old englishEnglish radio show. A wierdweird shadow emerged on the wall as soon as the thick grime washed away. It looked like a field where tiny mousesmice danced under a bright silver moon. She wondered if this hidden scene depicted an elicitillicit gathering from the past. A sudden slip of her brush could embarassembarrass her by ruining the delicate paint.
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The traps in this round
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thirty five →thirty-five
Compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine take a hyphen.
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restaraunt →restaurant
“Restaurant” is spelled with -au- followed by -rant.
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english →English
Names of languages and nationalities always take a capital letter.
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wierd →weird
“Weird” is a common exception that breaks the i-before-e rule.
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mouses →mice
The plural of “mouse” is the irregular form “mice”.
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elicit →illicit
“Illicit” means unlawful or forbidden; “elicit” means to draw out.
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embarass →embarrass
“Embarrass” takes two r's and two s's.