WordStats for Comp. 1550 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 1546 | 1554 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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1550 | Feb 2002 | MEMORITER | normal | 23 |
Competition 1550’s average clue lengths over 23 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and 1 below the average for 9-letter words)
9.7 words per clue (0.1 above the archive average, and 0.1 above the average for 9-letter words)
Longest clue (the 618th longest normal clue in the archive)
‘More times more’ gets tricky – with some possibly dropping out as tables are recited?
68 letters, 14 words, by D. F. Manley
Shortest clue (the 644th shortest normal clue in the archive)
How to make a note (not with pen)
24 letters, 8 words, by D. J. Short
Competition 1550 has contributed 13 unique words to the clue archive:
M. Barley | Exam-notes |
Dr J. Burscough | Iodine |
F. R. Palmer | learner’ll |
W. F. Main | mitre |
C. J. Brougham | parrot-fashion |
E. A. Beaulah | pollsters |
D. F. Manley | recited |
N. G. Shippobotham | reciter |
Mrs F. A. Blanchard | repeats-lines |
B. Costin | ROM |
R. J. Hooper | Rorem |
W. P. M. Field | rote |
Dr J. Burscough | tremor |