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

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[–] Pipoca@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (8 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.

[–] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 28 points 1 year ago (6 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

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