WordStats for Comp. 2551 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 2547 | 2556 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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2551 | May 2021 | SPAVIN | Spoonerisms | 25 |
Competition 2551’s average clue lengths over 25 clues:
54 letters per clue (9 above the archive average, and 8 above the average for Spoonerisms competitions)
11.0 words per clue (1.4 above the archive average, and 1.2 above the average for Spoonerisms competitions)
Longest clue (the longest Spoonerisms clue in the archive)
Originally, stalking provided a viable income, nowadays this adversely affects many a ghillie’s fate
84 letters, 14 words, by D. Appleton
Shortest clue (the 21st shortest Spoonerisms clue in the archive)
Hanker, of course, after resort’s wine
30 letters, 6 words, by P. Finan
Competition 2551 has contributed 27 unique words to the clue archive:
D. Appleton | adversely |
A. Gerrard | continually |
A. J. Varney | foxhound |
D. Appleton | ghillie’s |
R. J. Heald | Hubble |
W. Drever | juniper |
J. Doylend | Kay’s |
Dr S. J. Shaw | Lillee |
D. F. Manley | Lillee’s |
T. J. Moorey | Lily’s |
A. J. Shields | Marbella |
N. Connaughton | monarchy |
A. J. Wardrop | nobs |
M. Hodgkin | platform’s |
J. Pearce | primp |
J. Doylend | purchasing |
P. Finan | resort’s |
A. Gerrard | Saps |
S. Hicks | shelving |
D. Appleton | stalking |
R. J. Heald | supernova |
M. Hodgkin | terminus |
J. C. Leyland | trainspotters |
T. West-Taylor | vaccination |
D. Appleton | viable |
A. J. Wardrop | VIPs |
A. J. Varney | vixens |