Answer to "What Anne Brontë and Anaïs Nin have in common" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word DIAERESES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.

What Anne Brontë and Anaïs Nin have in common crossword clue answers

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Answer Likelyness Letters
DIAERESES100 %9

Why may DIAERESES be the right solution?

The answer is "DIAERESES" because both Anne Brontë and Anaïs Nin have two dots over a vowel in their names, which is called a diaeresis.

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: What Anne Brontë and Anaïs Nin have in common

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.
  • aristocracy
  • frank
  • overlap
  • share
  • shared
  • participate
  • odd
  • after
  • lease
  • interest
  • sympathize
  • particular

Crossword Answer definitions

DIAERESES noun
  1. A diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the English words naïve, Noël and Brontë, the French haïr and the Dutch ruïne.
  2. Distraction; the separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables.
  3. A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot, in a line of verse.
  4. Hiatus; the occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant.

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