Below are thirteen 5-letter, everyday words, each of which has had two of its letters removed. In fact, the letters A-Z have been removed.
The remaining letters in each word are in the correct order. There are no words which are spelled differently based upon location (favour/favor, etc) and there are no plurals. Can you determine the original words? You cannot use the same letter twice.
AAE
AVE
UIE
GON
POT
VIE
ACT
MET
BEP
UGE
LAN
RAE
BON