Patois Crossword

Mini · Easy · No. 400:00

Patois Crossword: Mini · Easy · No. 40

An easy mini Patois crossword with 8 clues. Every answer is a real Jamaican Patois word from the dictionary, and each links to its entry when you finish. Easy: The most familiar words. Meanings come with a category, every word starts with its first letter filled in, and you can check and reveal.

Across

  1. 3 Music, Reggae & Dancehall: Jamaica's original rural folk music (5)
  2. 5 Descriptions & Emotions: Strong, sturdy, fearless, and full of fortitude despite small size — the word carrying the specific, cherished idea (8)
  3. 6 Food & Drink: Allspice — the dried berry of the ____ tree, and the single most important spice in Jamaican cooking (7)
  4. 7 Rastafari & Iyaric: Good, pleasing, and at peace — a state of everything being right and in harmony (4)
  5. 8 Places & Directions: One's home area, neighbourhood, or the local streets where a person is from and known — 'di ____' (4)

Down

  1. 1 Food & Drink: A wild, sprawling bitter vine (7)
  2. 2 Food & Drink: The prized reef fish — especially the ____ (7)
  3. 4 Music, Reggae & Dancehall: Chatting or half-singing rhythmically over a riddim — the Jamaican vocal style, dating from the 1960s sound systems (8)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, Places & Directions, Rastafari & Iyaric. When you finish, each answer shows its meaning, its pronunciation and an example sentence.

The number in brackets after a clue is the length of the answer, and (3,5) means two words of three and five letters, typed with no space. Patois has no single spelling, so if you type another spelling the dictionary records, it counts.

More to play

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