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Mots Fléchés

English translation: arrowords

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French term or phrase:Mots Fléchés
English translation:arrowords

14:08 Oct 4, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / Nintendo word game instructions
French term or phrase: Mots Fléchés
I presume this is a French word game - what would be an English equivalent? Wordsearch, for example?
janisct
Local time: 19:05
arrowords
Explanation:
Yes, a variant on the idea of a croswword.

Loads of refs. on Google

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-04 16:07:25 GMT)
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Just for the sake of completeness: it's not the same as wordsearch, which is 'mots cachées' over here
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Tony M
France
Local time: 20:05
Grading comment
Thanks Tony.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Crossword (puzzle)
laenai
4 +3arrowords
Tony M


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Crossword (puzzle)


Explanation:
Not necessarily a French game :p

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-10-04 14:14:42 GMT)
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or actually - to be specific it is a crossword puzzle where you have the clues in the boxes i.e. arrowwords

laenai
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isabelle Berquin: OK pour arrow-words or arrowwords or alternate spelling arrowords
8 mins
agree  David Goward: Yes, arrow-words (or arrowords)
12 mins
agree  veratek: arrow-words
3 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
arrowords


Explanation:
Yes, a variant on the idea of a croswword.

Loads of refs. on Google

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-04 16:07:25 GMT)
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Just for the sake of completeness: it's not the same as wordsearch, which is 'mots cachées' over here

Tony M
France
Local time: 20:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks Tony.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isabelle Berquin
2 mins
  -> Merci, Isabelle !
agree  David Goward: "Arrowords" and "arrow-words" seem to be acceptable.
6 mins
  -> Thanks, David! Yes, I found both of those variants
agree  Peter Shortall
20 mins
  -> Thanks, Peter!
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