Suchfun? Guardian Codeword.

[chrisallsop]

Is “suchfun” a legitimate English word? It seems to be the only possible word to complete today’s Guardian codeword (1st August 2022).
Where is the satisfaction in spending time on a puzzle if the compiler rides roughshod over the unwritten rules?

[chrisallsop]

or Coypu?

[deakip]

According to today’s Guardian it’s right. Taking into account the Grauniad’s reputation for typos, I have discovered that suchfun could be a mis-spelling of unchufs. I think we are all unchufed by this emerging scandal!

[bobbinwales]

It's a twitter thing- #suchfun.
for example
https://twitter.com/hashtag/suchfun
Blame Miranda Hart maybe

[chrisallsop]

So are:
#ButterTo1B
#WWENXT and
#NationalBoobDay

If that makes them English words we may as well all give up on word puzzles.

[brassbinder]

Well done, Chris. Outright 5-letter is COYPU(11), then OKAPI(9). LLAMA(5) is well down the field. Conveniently, total word count is 10,009 for the year. Any other questions while I am listening, anyone?

[jno]

I can only agree with you chrisallsop, but that's why I gave up on crosswords and the like years ago - the clues were becoming gibberish and the answers dubious. I gave up on the FT crossword when they spelt hamster "hampster".

[bobbinwales]

I think hampster is an accepted spelling. I hear people pronounce it hampster aswell.

[jno]

I get the pronunciation, it's hard to get your lips to transition from M to ST. But the spelling isn't in my OED. (I did protest at the time; I think they said it was in Collins.) I'm not interested in buying a range of dictionaries just so I can do a crossword, life's too short. Sudoku here I come!

[chrisallsop]

In today’s codeword: “skort” and “kongs”? An obscure neologism and a trademark.
I doubt either has made into any reputable dictionary.
As someone said above this is “gibberish” indeed.
And completely unnecessary. The vowels were not used in other words so “skirt” and “kings” would have worked much more simply.
I have no objection to being wrong-footed. It increases the satisfaction of getting the solution. But the sleight
has to be elegant - not lazy gibberish.