Jorum (noun)
An unlikely word that a crossword solver constructs from the wordplay and crossing letters only to discover that it actually exists in the dictionary.
An unlikely word that a crossword solver constructs from the wordplay and crossing letters only to discover that it actually exists in the dictionary.
by Fifteensquared February 19, 2025
In a crossword, particularly a British cryptic crossword, A Nina is a message (or theme words etc) hidden in the grid, sometimes round the perimeter, sometimes along a diagonal or sometimes in the unchecked squares in a particular row or column (or more than one of each). Its name is derived from the American cartoonist Al Hirschfeld’s habit of hiding his daughter’s name, Nina, in his cartoons.
by Fifteensquared February 21, 2025