That’s why they use “oboe” so often eh
Comment on xkcd #2896: Crossword Constructors
Pipoca@lemmy.world 4 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.
moistclump@lemmy.world 4 months ago
_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 4 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
Jackcooper@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Those are all unacceptable crossword clues
Taylor 2025 effort would be an acceptable crossword clue
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
ok but that’s just the Katakana transcription of aloe
shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
ha
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
oine is most definitely not Danish for eyes. That would be øjne, plural of øje.
jxk@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
What does ‘enter’ even mean in French?
RustyNova@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In means nothing. The french for enter is “entrer”