WordStats for Comp. 500 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 495 | 504 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | Nov 1981 | BEFOOL (two extra Ds) | Extra Letter | 20 |
Competition 500’s average clue lengths over 20 clues:
39 letters per clue (6 below the archive average, and 7 below the average for Extra Letter competitions)
8.1 words per clue (1.5 below the archive average, and 1.8 below the average for Extra Letter competitions)
Longest clue (the longest Extra Letter clue in the archive)
Dodd’s causing a riot in Bootle following appearing there instead of having the premiere in Toxteth
83 letters, 16 words, by A. D. Scott
Shortest clue (the shortest Extra Letter clue in the archive)
Diddle and do
11 letters, 3 words, by Ms E. Sale
Competition 500 has contributed 24 unique words to the clue archive:
| D. Ashcroft | Admass |
| E. M. Hornby | be-diddle |
| C. M. Edmunds | boddle |
| A. D. Scott | Bootle |
| D. P. M. Michael | dazed |
| J. Walton | deft |
| J. Walton | Deluded |
| A. D. Scott | Dodd’s |
| J. G. Stubbs | Dollars |
| D. P. M. Michael | Duped |
| D. Ashcroft | imperative |
| A. R. Chandler | Impersonate |
| F. P. N. Lake | Kidd’s |
| J. Walton | legerdemain |
| F. P. N. Lake | lolly |
| J. D. Moore | manages |
| J. G. Stubbs | noised |
| R. A. England | piddling |
| A. D. Scott | premiere |
| J. Cordery | sanded |
| J. Cordery | stool |
| A. D. Scott | Toxteth |
| D. F. Manley | tummies |
| F. P. N. Lake | voyagers |