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Evaluation
There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and no cheater squares.
The grid makes use of 23 of 26 letters, lacking FJQ.
It has regular rotational symmetry.
Common phrase size: 5.79, Scrabble rating: 304, Scrabble common: 1.54.
Puzzle has 6 fill-in-the-blank clues and 0 cross-reference clues.
This puzzle has 8 distinctive reply phrases.
It has 0 phrases that debuted on this puzzle and
had been later reused:
These phrases are distinctive to the Fashionable Period however have appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
These 23 reply phrases usually are not authorized Scrabble™ entries, which generally means they’re fascinating:
Day of week comparisons
Rebus puzzles are ignored when calculating averages.
The inexperienced highlighted squares present which each day puzzle common is closest to this puzzle for every statistical class.
Distribution of reply phrases by size
Letter distribution
| Scrabble Rating: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
Thumbnails
Numerous thumbnail views are proven:
- Commonplace view reveals the grid sample most clearly
- Open Squares (these which do not contact any block, even diagonally) are blue
- Vowel distribution
- Scrabble rating makes use of the identical shade key as above
- Freshness view reveals distinctive solutions in crimson (see colorized grid under)
With solutions
Puzzles that could be much like this one
Crosswords that share essentially the most phrases with this one (excluding Sundays):
Uncommon or lengthy phrases that seem elsewhere:
Similar grids
Different puzzles with the identical block sample as this one:
Topologically related grids
Different crosswords with precisely 28 blocks, 68 phrases, 99 open squares, and a mean phrase size of 5.79:
Colorized grid for Sat Mar 29, 2025
The following two sections try to indicate how recent the grid entries are.
On this view, uncommon solutions are coloured relying on how usually they’ve appeared in different puzzles.
Distinctive solutions are in crimson, crimson overwrites orange which overwrites yellow, and many others.
| Distinctive | 1 different | 2 others | 3 others | 4 others |
Freshness Issue
Freshness rating: 44.9 – 79.5 general percentile, 31.7 Saturday percentile
Freshness Issue is a calculation that compares the variety of instances phrases on this puzzle have appeared
in different Fashionable Period puzzles.
Click on right here for a proof.
The chart under reveals what number of instances every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, outdated and trendy together with Selection.
