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

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (9 children)

I'm having a mental stronk trying to figure out what the words on the bottom say

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Those are all unacceptable crossword clues

Taylor 2025 effort would be an acceptable crossword clue

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

aroe: Rōmaji transcription of アロエ

ok but that's just the Katakana transcription of aloe

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What does 'enter' even mean in French?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

In means nothing. The french for enter is "entrer"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

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

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