Evaluation

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

The grid makes use of 22 of 26 letters, lacking JQXZ.

It has regular 180-degree rotational crossword symmetry.

Common phrase size: 5.03, Scrabble rating: 310, Scrabble common: 1.65.

Puzzle has 5 fill-in-the-blank clues and 1 cross-reference clue.

This puzzle has 3 distinctive reply phrases.

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

These 29 reply phrases aren’t authorized Scrabble™ entries, which generally means they’re attention-grabbing:

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 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 colour key as above
• Freshness view reveals distinctive solutions in purple (see colorized grid beneath)

With solutions

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Uncommon or lengthy phrases that seem elsewhere:

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Colorized grid for Thu Aug 4, 2022

The subsequent two sections try to point out how contemporary 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 purple, purple overwrites orange which overwrites yellow, and so on.

Cheater squares are indicated with a + signal.

Freshness Issue

FF: 31.3 – 52.0 percentile, 56.9 Thursday percentile

Freshness Issue is a calculation that compares the variety of occasions phrases on this puzzle have appeared
in different Shortz Period puzzles.
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The chart beneath reveals what number of occasions every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, previous and fashionable together with Selection.