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Evaluation
There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and a couple of cheater squares (marked with “+” within the colorized grid beneath.)
The grid makes use of 24 of 26 letters, lacking JQ.
It has regular rotational symmetry.
Common phrase size: 5.36, Scrabble rating: 316, Scrabble common: 1.64.
Puzzle has 4 fill-in-the-blank clues and 0 cross-reference clues.
This puzzle has 6 distinctive reply phrases.
It has 0 phrases that debuted on this puzzle and
have been later reused:
These phrases are distinctive to the Trendy Period however have appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:
These 22 reply phrases are usually not authorized Scrabble™ entries, which generally means they’re attention-grabbing:
Day of week comparisons
Rebus puzzles are ignored when calculating averages.
The inexperienced highlighted squares present which every 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:
- Normal 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 coloration key as above
- Freshness view reveals distinctive solutions in crimson (see colorized grid beneath)
With solutions
Puzzles which may 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 comparable grids
Different crosswords with precisely 32 blocks, 72 phrases, 77 open squares, and a median phrase size of 5.36:
Colorized grid for Fri Might 2, 2025
The following two sections try to point out 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 so forth.
Cheater squares are indicated with a + signal.
| Distinctive | 1 different | 2 others | 3 others | 4 others |
Freshness Issue
Freshness rating: 32.5 – 42.9 general percentile, 6.5 Friday percentile
Freshness Issue is a calculation that compares the variety of instances phrases on this puzzle have appeared
in different Trendy Period puzzles.
Click on right here for an evidence.
The chart beneath reveals what number of instances every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, outdated and trendy together with Selection.
