A History of Short Words
From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle
RIPE
- Wed, 12 Mar '25
- Like plump peaches, typically
- Sat, 22 Feb '25
- Funky
- Mon, 13 Jan '25
- Ready to eat, as fruit
- Sun, 5 Jan '25
- Perfect for a salad, say
- Mon, 9 Dec '24
- Like yellow bananas
- Wed, 24 Jul '24
- Ready to eat
- Mon, 25 Mar '24
- Like dark green avocados
- Fri, 29 Dec '23
- Ready, in a way
- Fri, 21 Oct '22
- Red, maybe
- Fri, 9 Sep '22
- Quite stinky
- Fri, 12 Nov '21
- Primed (for)
- Wed, 8 Sep '21
- Yellow, as a banana
- Sat, 24 Jul '21
- Ready
- Sat, 27 Feb '21
- What comes before old age?
- Mon, 28 Dec '20
- Ready for picking