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 JQVZ.

It has regular 180-degree rotational crossword symmetry.

Common phrase size: 4.77, Scrabble rating: 290, Scrabble common: 1.56.

Puzzle has 2 fill-in-the-blank clues and 1 cross-reference clue.

This puzzle has 4 distinctive reply phrases.

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

These 17 reply phrases should 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

Numerous thumbnail views are proven:

• Customary 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

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Uncommon or lengthy phrases that seem elsewhere:

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Colorized grid for Wed Aug 10, 2022

The following two sections try to indicate how contemporary the grid entries are.

On this view, uncommon solutions are coloured relying on how typically 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: 1.6 – 4.9 percentile, 7.7 Wednesday percentile

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

The chart beneath reveals what number of occasions every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, outdated and fashionable together with Selection.