Patois Crossword

Standard · Hard · No. 50:00

Patois Crossword: Standard · Hard · No. 5

A hard standard Patois crossword with 16 clues. Every answer is a real Jamaican Patois word from the dictionary, and each links to its entry when you finish. Hard: Everything in the dictionary, including phrases. Clues are a Patois sentence with the word missing. No checking, no revealing.

Across

  1. 1 She ____ so nobody can obeah har. (3,1,5)
  2. 6 Him ____ mek him walk look funny. (5,4)
  3. 8 Listen to di elders, ____. (3)
  4. 10 ____ di goat to di post. (3)
  5. 11 Mek wi play a game a ____. (4)
  6. 12 Wi have ____ time, nuh rush. (6)
  7. 13 To stand — but far more often to stay (3)
  8. 14 Him a di pickney ____. (4)
  9. 15 If yuh caan save, ____. (5,7)
  10. 16 ____, mi a go rest now. (2,5)

Down

  1. 2 Life inna di ____ hard but close. (8,4)
  2. 3 Di song a encourage di ____. (6,5)
  3. 4 Every diss get a ____. (6,4)
  4. 5 Di work ____, wi can go home. (4,4)
  5. 7 ____ beautiful just how it grow. (7,4)
  6. 9 Nuh get ____ pon wi. (9)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Actions & Verbs, Body, Health & Appearance, Descriptions & Emotions, Grammar & Function Words, Money, Work & Business, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, People & Relationships, Places & Directions, Sports & Games, Superstition, Folklore & Spirituality. 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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