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Analysis
There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and no cheater squares.
The grid makes use of 23 of 26 letters, lacking JQZ.
It has regular 180-degree rotational crossword symmetry.
Average phrase size: 4.85, Scrabble rating: 298, Scrabble common: 1.58.
Puzzle has 10 fill-in-the-blank clues and three cross-reference clues.
This puzzle has 7 distinctive reply phrases.
It has 0 phrases that debuted on this puzzle and
have been later reused:
These 28 reply phrases should not authorized Scrabble™ entries, which typically 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
| 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 coloration key as above
- Freshness view reveals distinctive solutions in purple (see colorized grid beneath)
With solutions
Puzzles that could be just like this one
Crosswords that share probably 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 related grids
Other crosswords with precisely 36 blocks, 78 phrases, 68 open squares, and a median phrase size of 4.85:
Colorized grid for Wed Oct 19, 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 typically they’ve appeared in different puzzles.
Unique solutions are in purple, purple overwrites orange which overwrites yellow, and many others.
| Unique | 1 different | 2 others | 3 others | 4 others |
Freshness Factor
FF: 18.3 – 26.2 percentile, 41.2 Wednesday 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The chart beneath reveals what number of instances every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, outdated and trendy together with Variety.
