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Analysis
There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and eight cheater squares (marked with “+” within the colorized grid under.)
The grid makes use of 22 of 26 letters, lacking JQXZ.
It has regular 180-degree rotational crossword symmetry.
Average phrase size: 5.62, Scrabble rating: 298, Scrabble common: 1.56.
Puzzle has 4 fill-in-the-blank clues and 0 cross-reference clues.
This puzzle has 14 distinctive reply phrases.
It has 0 phrases that debuted on this puzzle and
have been later reused:
These phrases are distinctive to the Shortz Era however have appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
These 33 reply phrases are usually not authorized Scrabble™ entries, which typically means they’re fascinating:
Day of week comparisons
The inexperienced highlighted squares present which day by day puzzle common is closest to this puzzle for every statistical class.
Distribution of reply phrases by size
Letter distribution
| Scrabble Score: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
Thumbnails
Various thumbnail views are proven:
- Standard view reveals the grid sample most clearly
- Open Squares (these which do not contact any block, even diagonally) are blue
- Vowel distribution
- Scrabble rating makes use of the identical shade key as above
- Freshness view reveals distinctive solutions in crimson (see colorized grid under)
With solutions
Puzzles which may be just like this one
Crosswords that share essentially the most phrases with this one (excluding Sundays):
Unusual or lengthy phrases that seem elsewhere:
Identical grids
Other puzzles with the identical block sample as this one:
Topologically comparable grids
Other crosswords with precisely 34 blocks, 68 phrases, 93 open squares, and a mean phrase size of 5.62:
Colorized grid for Sat Aug 20, 2022
The subsequent two sections try to point out how recent the grid entries are.
In this view, uncommon solutions are coloured relying on how usually they’ve appeared in different puzzles.
Unique solutions are in crimson, crimson overwrites orange which overwrites yellow, and so on.
Cheater squares are indicated with a + signal.
| Unique | 1 different | 2 others | 3 others | 4 others |
Freshness Factor
FF: 52.4 – 88.7 percentile, 60.0 Saturday percentile
Freshness Factor is a calculation that compares the variety of instances phrases on this puzzle have appeared
in different Shortz Era puzzles.
Click right here for a proof.
The chart under reveals what number of instances every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, outdated and trendy together with Variety.
