Are various dictionaries’ ‘words of 2019’ well-known enough to have appeared in crosswords? We have a tradition here of looking, with a crossworder’s eye, at various dictionaries’ Words of the Year. Our new mission, then: which dictionaries have chosen words of 2019 that the thoughtful, considerate compilers of crosswords think are fair to demand of a solver? Stepping back: the non-Aussie entries in Macquarie’s 2019 list are not words you find – or would hope to find – in a puzzle. We just mentioned Oxford Dictionaries, the list of which has an environmental focus.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2020 10:30 UTC