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[superprismatic]

Find 11 common English words, each of
which is a subsequence of the string
PLUFIEMDATNGORPAPNLCHGE.  The words
are all related by their meanings.

As an example, IMPALE is a subsequence
since its letters occur, in sequence,
from left to right in the string
PLUFIEMDATNGORPAPNLCHGE. Unfortunately,
IMPALE isn't one of the words in the
answer to this puzzle.

[Rob_Gandy]

Spoiler for Could they be...

1) lemon
2) lime
3) apple
4) pear
5) grape
6) orange
7) plum
8) date
9) fig
10) peach
11) mango

[mmiguel]

Find 11 common English words, each of
which is a subsequence of the string
PLUFIEMDATNGORPAPNLCHGE. The words
are all related by their meanings.

As an example, IMPALE is a subsequence
since its letters occur, in sequence,
from left to right in the string
PLUFIEMDATNGORPAPNLCHGE. Unfortunately,
IMPALE isn't one of the words in the
answer to this puzzle.

Spoiler for

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