Deebster@programming.dev to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoxkcd #2896: Crossword Constructorsimgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
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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-up0·9 months 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-up1·9 months 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
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