Comment on xkcd #2896: Crossword Constructors

x4740N@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Pipoca@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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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    • Jackcooper@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Those are all unacceptable crossword clues

      Taylor 2025 effort would be an acceptable crossword clue

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    • stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ

      ok but that’s just the Katakana transcription of aloe

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      • shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        ha

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    • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      oine is most definitely not Danish for eyes. That would be øjne, plural of øje.

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    • jxk@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What does ‘enter’ even mean in French?

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      • RustyNova@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In means nothing. The french for enter is “entrer”

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  • moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s why they use “oboe” so often eh

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