Word Restoration Game

@kewpie said
To keep the peace.

Ha ha. Russ has banned him. That'll keep the peace. For the time being anyway. A day or two? A few hours?

@indonesia-phil said
FRAGMENT?

Edit; has to be...

So,

**A*E**A

The first cut....

Omphalotomy

Wait. No. That doesn't fit.

@indonesia-phil said
**A*E**A

The first cut....

PLACENTA?

@fmf said
PLACENTA?

● A ● I ● A ● E ●

Shown to have been right, down by the river, in a rather retro way.

@fmf said
● A ● I ● A ● E ●

Shown to have been right, down by the river, in a rather retro way.

VALIDATED?

@indonesia-phil said
VALIDATED?

Yeah, must be, but I don't get the river connection. Anyhow...

*U***I**

I've never seen an ugly one.

@indonesia-phil said
Yeah, must be, but I don't get the river connection. Anyhow...

*U***I**

I've never seen an ugly one.

DUCKLING!
and Fragment was correct.

I ● ● E ● A ● ● ● E ● ●
one of those double-negative words?

@indonesia-phil said
I don't get the river connection.

Valley, ...down by the river which can't be on a plain then.

@kewpie said
DUCKLING!
and Fragment was correct.

I ● ● E ● A ● ● ● E ● ●
one of those double-negative words?

I'm nowhere with this one. unless anyone else has it think we might need another clue...

@indonesia-phil said
I'm nowhere with this one. unless anyone else has it think we might need another clue...

It’s a good one. Another tiny clue please.

@drewnogal said
It’s a good one. Another tiny clue please.

Less is more.
Drop the first two letters and nothing changes.

@kewpie said
Less is more.
Drop the first two letters and nothing changes.

IRREGARDLESS???

@indonesia-phil said
IRREGARDLESS???

Phew....That was a good one, drove me nuts....In contrast, here's an easy one to get things going:

**U

'I'm a **U, how do you do?'

Or in schoolboy humour parlance, 'That is the end of the **US, here is the weather forecast....'

@indonesia-phil said
IRREGARDLESS???

You got it!

@kewpie said
You got it!

Eventually....And with a bit of prompting.