WordStats for Comp. 2031 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 2027 | 2036 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2031 | May 2011 | EMBROIDERY | normal | 23 |
Competition 2031’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
48 letters per clue (3 above the archive average, and 1 above the average for 10-letter words)
9.7 words per clue (0.1 above the archive average, and equal to the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 86th longest normal clue in the archive)
Cracking Briers comedy with central couple dropping out – something Penelope worked on for years
81 letters, 14 words, by R. J. Hooper
Shortest clue (the 859th shortest normal clue in the archive)
What might enhance my dire robe?
26 letters, 6 words, by A. W. Taylor
Competition 2031 has contributed 22 unique words to the clue archive:
T. J. Moorey | Aida’s |
J. M. Brown | alteration |
G. I. L. Grafton | Biro |
J. R. Tozer | diary |
R. Gilbert | Dior |
D. Price Jones | embellish |
G. I. L. Grafton | examinee’s |
T. J. Donnelly | Finely-wrought |
P. L. Stone | fouling |
Rev Canon C. M. Broun | hype |
W. F. Main | imaginative |
Rev Canon C. M. Broun | lineage |
J. C. Leyland | Melville’s |
J. C. Leyland | Moby |
M. A. Macdonald-Cooper | morbid |
R. J. Hooper | Penelope |
R. J. Whale | queenly |
G. I. L. Grafton | scribbled |
A. J. Wardrop | Seamstress’s |
T. J. Donnelly | silken |
D. & N. Aspland | spinster |
G. I. L. Grafton | verbiage |