WordStats for Comp. 640 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 635 | 644 ▶ | Other competitions
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| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 640 | Aug 1984 | MACHETE | normal | 24 |
Competition 640’s average clue lengths over 24 clues:
36 letters per clue (9 below the archive average, and 8 below the average for 7-letter words)
7.9 words per clue (1.7 below the archive average, and 1.3 below the average for 7-letter words)
Longest clue (the 1,935th longest normal clue in the archive)
A small mark on the ace, well shuffled – it can certainly assist in the cut!
58 letters, 15 words, by C. J. Lowe
Shortest clue (the 151st shortest normal clue in the archive)
Alter he-cat with me?!
16 letters, 4 words, by Mrs F. A. Blanchard
Competition 640 has contributed 11 unique words to the clue archive:
| Dr E. J. Miller | bush-cutter |
| L. May | choking |
| W. J. M. Scotland | cleaves |
| R. J. Hooper | Cuban |
| Rev Canon C. M. Broun | hewed |
| W. J. M. Scotland | jungly |
| F. D. Gardiner | Kurt’s |
| W. L. Miron | Mac |
| R. J. Hooper | peasants |
| H. R. Sanders | tree-cutter |
| J. D. Moore | whittled |

