https://xkcd.com/2896

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Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an ‘eHit’.

  • Pipoca@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    9 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.

    • _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyzEnglish
      27·
      9 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