Analysis

There are 16 rows and 15 columns, with 19 circles, 0 rebus squares, and no cheater squares.

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

It is uneven.

Average phrase size: 4.88, Scrabble rating: 280, Scrabble common: 1.57.

Puzzle has 4 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
have been later reused:

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

These 23 reply phrases will not be authorized Scrabble™ entries, which typically means they’re fascinating:

Day of week comparisons

Distribution of reply phrases by size

Letter distribution

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

With solutions

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Colorized grid for Thu Nov 10, 2022

The subsequent two sections try to indicate how contemporary 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.

Freshness Factor

FF: -2.2 – 3.3 percentile, 1.3 Thursday percentile

Freshness Factor is a calculation that compares the variety of instances phrases on this puzzle have appeared
in different Shortz Era puzzles.
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The chart beneath reveals what number of instances every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, previous and trendy together with Variety.