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https://xkcd.com/2896 Alt text: Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an ‘eHit’.
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 year agoCrosswords have clues going across and down. The words just use common letters so they’re things puzzle creators wish were real words. They’re not currently words.
minus-square_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoAhem: aerae: Latin, genitive/dative singular of aera eni: Urhobo for ‘elephant’ oreta: Latin, taxonomic genus within the family Drepanidae. aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ oine: Danish, indefinite plural of øie aen: Rōmaji transcription of あえん enta: French, third-person singular past historic of enter aete: Rōmaji transcription of あえて
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minus-squareJackcooper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThose are all unacceptable crossword clues Taylor 2025 effort would be an acceptable crossword clue
minus-squarePlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agooine is most definitely not Danish for eyes. That would be øjne, plural of øje.
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhat does ‘enter’ even mean in French?
minus-squareRustyNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIn means nothing. The french for enter is “entrer”
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThat’s why they use “oboe” so often eh
Crosswords have clues going across and down.
The words just use common letters so they’re things puzzle creators wish were real words. They’re not currently words.
Ahem:
aerae: Latin, genitive/dative singular of aera
eni: Urhobo for ‘elephant’
oreta: Latin, taxonomic genus within the family Drepanidae.
aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ
oine: Danish, indefinite plural of øie
aen: Rōmaji transcription of あえん
enta: French, third-person singular past historic of enter
aete: Rōmaji transcription of あえて
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Those are all unacceptable crossword clues
Taylor 2025 effort would be an acceptable crossword clue
oine is most definitely not Danish for eyes. That would be øjne, plural of øje.
What does ‘enter’ even mean in French?
In means nothing. The french for enter is “entrer”
That’s why they use “oboe” so often eh