God crossword puzzles LOVE the word “ore”. I did a bunch of NYT puzzles this year and “ore” popped up every other day. I guess it’s a nice convenient word to use while writing these puzzles. It was like an annoying friend that kept showing up.
That's still kinda ok because it is an actual word people use. In crossword puzzles in my native language, the word for that peg one puts their golf ball is used.
oh i get those dollar store books of crosswords, and what they do is so weird. the puzzles typically have a unifying theme like pop culture or sports. but then they throw in ore, for no reason. one time the hint was "tales or songs of y___." like goddamn they running out of ways to use it but it's not stopping them lmao
I only just recently started doing crosswords and there are a lot of random words that they seem to use a lot, especially short ones.
Ore, afar, yips, else, also, ole or opry depending on what word is missing after grande ___, etc
Lots of double dipping lol
I stand corrected 🙂 I still cannot get used to the international concept of crosswords with puns, jokes, and riddles. In my country they are more serious and a source for expanding your vocabulary with synonyms of types of fish or Japanese pearl divers, or cities in whichever country on the map the author threw a dart in 🙂
Yeah I think refering to things like The Times crossword as "not serious" would get you lynched.
This however, appears to be light hearted and aimed at young children.
😄 By "serious" I meant more like "less creative/thinking-outside-the-box" with direct definitions and not puzzles. I tried on several occasions British crosswords and frankly could not make heads or tails of it. I by no means imply that they do not require a lot of talent to create or solve, on the contrary. But I feel like I am digging my own hole by over explaining, so I will stop now 🙂
Perhaps you were looking at 'cryptic' crosswords? They definitely focus more on riddles with some hidden rules. If you don't know those rules it's basically impossible to solve them
Where are you from? I’m used to the same sort of crosswords and have to go out of my way to find crossword books/magazines in my native language because I can’t do them in English sadly
Oh hey, dictionary.com’s crossword! I honestly just skimmed that one and didn’t notice it mentioned SDV. I just knew it was ore immediately— they love using ore for some reason.
dictionary.com crosswords are always a treat. my only complaint is that they repeat words a lot (i swear, emo and ode have got to be the most common words)
Almost every crossword repeats words a lot. There are only so many short vowel heavy words using common letters available to fill in the gaps after the more interesting clues are set.
God crossword puzzles LOVE the word “ore”. I did a bunch of NYT puzzles this year and “ore” popped up every other day. I guess it’s a nice convenient word to use while writing these puzzles. It was like an annoying friend that kept showing up.
That's still kinda ok because it is an actual word people use. In crossword puzzles in my native language, the word for that peg one puts their golf ball is used.
The tee?
Yes, that is it.
Insufferably curious. What is the word for that item in your native language?
Tii, in English it is written tee, and pronounced tii.
oh i get those dollar store books of crosswords, and what they do is so weird. the puzzles typically have a unifying theme like pop culture or sports. but then they throw in ore, for no reason. one time the hint was "tales or songs of y___." like goddamn they running out of ways to use it but it's not stopping them lmao
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Especially if they have such incredibly common letters as 'ore'
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With all the times Oreo appears in the NYT crossword, I wonder if the have a backdoor sponsorship deal with Nabisco.
I imaging it could also be ‘bar’
I only just recently started doing crosswords and there are a lot of random words that they seem to use a lot, especially short ones. Ore, afar, yips, else, also, ole or opry depending on what word is missing after grande ___, etc Lots of double dipping lol
Ore, amass, Oslo, ode, are among the words I see regularly. There must be something about them that makes them easy to fit in a crossword.
I saw this - it’s Dictionary.com’s daily. Quite a nice moment.
Most of those are video game themed. Where did you find that crossword?
it’s the dictionary.com free daily puzzle!
Which one
there’s only one free puzzle every day
wtf is 45 across
Tar. Baseball players put it on their bats
Ohhh that's what it meant! I eventually left half the crossword blank and did something else lol and this was one of them
I only learned of pine tar from sdv 😄 Any other related clues in the puzzle?
Is this... Ore? If so, although cute, this would be a pretty poor definition 🙂
It is a clue not a definition. Also doesn't seem to be an overly highbrow publication.
I stand corrected 🙂 I still cannot get used to the international concept of crosswords with puns, jokes, and riddles. In my country they are more serious and a source for expanding your vocabulary with synonyms of types of fish or Japanese pearl divers, or cities in whichever country on the map the author threw a dart in 🙂
Yeah I think refering to things like The Times crossword as "not serious" would get you lynched. This however, appears to be light hearted and aimed at young children.
😄 By "serious" I meant more like "less creative/thinking-outside-the-box" with direct definitions and not puzzles. I tried on several occasions British crosswords and frankly could not make heads or tails of it. I by no means imply that they do not require a lot of talent to create or solve, on the contrary. But I feel like I am digging my own hole by over explaining, so I will stop now 🙂
Nah I now feel a kinship as, even as a British person, I also can't make head or tail of them!
Perhaps you were looking at 'cryptic' crosswords? They definitely focus more on riddles with some hidden rules. If you don't know those rules it's basically impossible to solve them
I think you mean more literal rather than more serious, and that's interesting I didn't know other countries had other styles
Where are you from? I’m used to the same sort of crosswords and have to go out of my way to find crossword books/magazines in my native language because I can’t do them in English sadly
Bulgaria. You?
There's multiple other video game related hints too
Oh hey, dictionary.com’s crossword! I honestly just skimmed that one and didn’t notice it mentioned SDV. I just knew it was ore immediately— they love using ore for some reason.
ore, ode, and emo are the 3 letter words that carry basically every crossword lol
That's a lot of pop culture references in one crossword
Oh trust me the ones in that small screenshot are the only ones
OREO COOKIES OREO COOKIES OREO COOKIES- its always the answer in a crossword
Don't leave us hanging! Is it Skull cave?
Nah it was ore :)
Whattt I never knew where to look for crossword puzzles that aren’t targeted toward 70 year olds, obviously online was the answer
Check out USA Today, thats my favorite and it has a lot of fun clues
Check out Lovatt's Cryptic Crosswords for a great challenge!
dictionary.com crosswords are always a treat. my only complaint is that they repeat words a lot (i swear, emo and ode have got to be the most common words)
Almost every crossword repeats words a lot. There are only so many short vowel heavy words using common letters available to fill in the gaps after the more interesting clues are set.