WordStats for Comp. 1506 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1502 | 1511 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1506 | Apr 2001 | BARE(-)BONES | normal | 23 |
Competition 1506’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
44 letters per clue (1 below the archive average, and 3 above the average for 4-letter words)
9.5 words per clue (0.1 below the archive average, and 1.1 above the average for 4-letter words)
Longest clue (the 699th longest normal clue in the archive)
Black, little? Drunken, as on beer? They often remain articulate after dissolution
67 letters, 12 words, by V. Dixon
Shortest clue (the 350th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Open with a skeleton key
20 letters, 5 words, by B. Grabowski
Competition 1506 has contributed 17 unique words to the clue archive:
V. Dixon | articulate |
M. Barley | basics |
J. C. Leyland | beast’s |
N. G. Shippobotham | Bran |
L. J. Davenport | colluding |
N. C. Dexter | doublet |
D. H. Tompsett | Hudibrastic |
J. C. Leyland | Oberon |
N. G. Shippobotham | Obese |
G. I. L. Grafton | refers |
P. D. Gaffey | rotation |
B. Grabowski | skeleton |
N. G. Shippobotham | slimmest |
L. J. Davenport | stabber |
G. I. L. Grafton | Starveling |
L. J. Davenport | toga |
L. J. Davenport | yond |