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Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an ‘eHit’.
Having been doing daily crosswords for a few months, ERAS has come up like, ten times.
I’m having a mental stronk trying to figure out what the words on the bottom say
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
Imma need “xkcd explained” for this one!
These are all short words full of the most common letters, so will make designing crosswords easier because they’ll be useful “crossers”.
But why references to musicians?
These specific musicians are referenced a lot by crosswords. NYT loves them, at least. Very “hip and with it”.
It’s kinda an inside joke, but that’s XKCD for ya.
Thanks, that’s what I needed