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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1338 | Jan 1998 | SMART ALEC | normal | 20 |
Scroll down to create a wordcloud from the clues. Competition 1338’s average clue lengths over 20 clues: 44 letters per clue (1 below the archive average, and 1 below the average for 9-letter words) 9.4 words per clue (0.2 below the archive average, and 0.1 below the average for 9-letter words) Longest clue (the 628th longest normal clue in the archive) Malpractices could be revealed by one police constable with this clever dick 65 letters, 12 words, by E. Cross Shortest clue (the 494th shortest normal clue in the archive) One that does act Mensa role 23 letters, 6 words, by Dr E. Young Competition 1338 has contributed 12 unique words to the clue archive:
| V. Dixon | C-stream |
| Mrs B. E. Henderson | caramels |
| R. Stocks | clogs |
| C. R. Gumbrell | fazed |
| G. Johnstone | Know-all |
| E. Cross | Malpractices |
| C. J. Morse | master-class |
| Dr E. Young | Mensa |
| D. A. Campbell | mescal |
| G. Johnstone | quicksilver |
| B. Burton | scarlet |
| F. P. N. Lake | vehicles |
Create an & lit. Archive Wordcloud
Wordle is an external web application that creates a colourful image representing the distribution of words in a piece of text.
You can use the text from the box below to create a Wordle image from all the clues in this competition.
- Click the button above the text box below.
- This will take you to wordle.net.
- Wordle will automatically create a wordcloud from the clue words.
- Mess about with your Wordle until you’re happy with it.