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Nice concept, but US-centric short/slang sports teams' names is a bit misjudged as the very first puzzle when introducing your new game to an international audi
by mft_ 2y ago
Nice concept, but US-centric short/slang sports teams' names is a bit misjudged as the very first puzzle when introducing your new game to an international audience. I solved them because they're (mostly) words rather than them having meaning to me.
- enlyth 2y agoI wish there was a more internationally friendly version of NYT Games, they're so fun and I play them daily but a lot US cultural knowledge is required at times
- angry_moose 2y agoIt cuts both ways. Cryptic Crosswords are almost impenetrable from the US as they're so deep in UK specific words, spellings, and trivia.
- zem 2y agothere are some good american and canadian cryptics but i agree, it's a largely uk-centred pastime.
- angry_moose 2y agoInteresting. Any suggestions? I've looked in the past and didn't have much luck.
- zem 2y agolots of suggestions here: https://old.reddit.com/r/crosswords/comments/kqkbrq/what_are_your_favourite_sources_for_american/ https://old.reddit.com/r/crosswords/comments/kqkbrq/what_are... the new yorker archives are a great place to start https://www.newyorker.com/tag/cryptic-crossword https://www.newyorker.com/tag/cryptic-crossword
- MalcolmDwyer 2y agohttps://www.minutecryptic.com/ https://www.minutecryptic.com/
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- benrutter 2y agoI love cryptic crossword, but there's so many "inside rules" that make them hard to approach for newcomers. It doesn't help that there really aren't a lot of good easy cryptics.
- jen729w 2y agoYeah but that's like saying that there are so many "openings" in chess, it makes it hard for newcomers. That's the game! The 'inside rules' for a cryptic are what makes it cryptic. Without them you just have a word puzzle.
- asutekku 2y agoThe thing with chess, even if you don't know the rules, you can still play and (potentially) lose the game. If you don't know some random american trivia, you're stuck forever.
- spicybright 2y agoSame complaint. Also, not to poke fun at us too hard but there's probably less sports fans here than the average population :) Really like the idea though.
- SirSourdough 2y agoFor those of you who are put off from trying the game by the category for today’s puzzle being sports, note there are other puzzles from prior days with more general topics. Click the calendar icon at top of page for the archive.
- layer8 2y agoWhat the hell is “Planta” though. ;)
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- dylan604 2y agoThese are short little words that are not uncommon even if you are not familiar with sportsball teams. If you struggled unscrambling these words, I'd suggest your vocab is just in dire need of expansion.
- JKCalhoun 2y agoYep, didn't even notice they were supposed to be sports teams. I wondered why there were so many plural words.