Evaluation

There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and a pair of cheater squares (marked with “+” within the colorized grid under.)

The grid makes use of 23 of 26 letters, lacking QXZ.

It has regular 180-degree rotational crossword symmetry.

Common phrase size: 6.00, Scrabble rating: 333, Scrabble common: 1.68.

Puzzle has 7 fill-in-the-blank clues and 0 cross-reference clues.

This puzzle has 12 distinctive reply phrases.

It has 0 phrases that debuted on this puzzle and
had been later reused:

These phrases are distinctive to the Shortz Period however have appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:

These 32 reply phrases are usually not authorized Scrabble™ entries, which typically means they’re fascinating:

Day of week comparisons

The inexperienced highlighted squares present which each day puzzle common is closest to this puzzle for every statistical class.

Distribution of reply phrases by size

Letter distribution

Thumbnails

Varied thumbnail views are proven:

• Commonplace view exhibits 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 coloration key as above
• Freshness view exhibits distinctive solutions in crimson (see colorized grid under)

With solutions

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Uncommon or lengthy phrases that seem elsewhere:

Equivalent grids

Different puzzles with the identical block sample as this one:

Topologically related grids

Different crosswords with precisely 27 blocks, 66 phrases, 108 open squares, and a mean phrase size of 6.00:

Colorized grid for Sat Aug 6, 2022

The following two sections try to point out how recent the grid entries are.

On this view, uncommon solutions are coloured relying on how usually they’ve appeared in different puzzles.

Distinctive solutions are in crimson, crimson overwrites orange which overwrites yellow, and so forth.

Cheater squares are indicated with a + signal.

Freshness Issue

FF: 63.0 – 96.9 percentile, 86.4 Saturday percentile

Freshness Issue is a calculation that compares the variety of instances phrases on this puzzle have appeared
in different Shortz Period puzzles.
Click on right here for an evidence.

The chart under exhibits what number of instances every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, outdated and trendy together with Selection.