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Can you name the most frequently used words in a New York Times crossword puzzle (as of 10/04/09)?
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Answer
Clue
346
Historical period
328
Zone
309
Bard's before
291
Yale student
287
Next to nothing?
281
Buffalo's lake
265
Natural healer
264
Lode load
255
Ginger ___
254
Took in
251
J.F.K. info
245
St. Louis-to-Indianapolis dir.
244
'The Greatest'
244
'You ___ here'
243
World Cup cheer
x used
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Clue
242
Perfect plot
238
Opera excerpt
238
Double curve
238
Wrath
235
Slip up
234
Table center piece?
234
Language suffix
225
Otherwise
225
Born as
220
Like
220
Musician's gift
220
Sushi fish
219
Brouhaha
212
Air Force hero
211
Sauna locale
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Most Common Crosswordese Quiz
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Kicking222
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Oct 4th, 2009 at 13:51 GMT
-1 points
Alas, made this a couple of months ago, but they haven't used it.
geniusonwheels
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Oct 4th, 2009 at 16:31 GMT
1 point
I don't see it in your profile.
marpocky
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Oct 9th, 2009 at 01:56 GMT
2 points
Great quiz! Maybe change "like" to "in the manner of"
rockgolf
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Oct 9th, 2009 at 18:29 GMT
4 points
@GOW: Got your link from Ken's page. Kicking222 is correct. See
http://www.sporcle.com/create/test/f74ee - Kicking & I, among others got to alpha-test the quiz make, but "contributed" quizzes were not an option.
Qsexy
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Nov 23rd, 2009 at 03:46 GMT
9 points
Would be better if you included how many letters each have.
googlebird
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Jan 19th, 2010 at 03:21 GMT
1 point
It's fine the way it is. Very doable for crossword solvers, but others should enjoy it too.
crispyceme
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Apr 18th, 2010 at 19:00 GMT
1 point
As an avid crossword puzzler, I can say that I.... am still not very good with the NY Times puzzles. :/ Nice quiz!
jefe_
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Apr 20th, 2010 at 02:00 GMT
1 point
great quiz, too much time though. take off 4 minutes maybe?
sproutcm
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May 17th, 2010 at 19:36 GMT
-1 points
And here is my version of only E-crosswordese words. http://www.sporcle.com/games/sproutcm/EaseCrosswordese
wilsonhubbell
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May 17th, 2010 at 19:48 GMT
1 point
Fine idea...whoever had it first. But what I would like to see is a words people only know well because of crossword puzzles. ELI would be on there. As would EPEE, ARIA,and STYE.
miyomiyo1
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May 17th, 2010 at 23:21 GMT
4 points
Just stylistically– please make the middle column thinner and the right column longer so that each one fits on one line. Also, as per the Sporcle norm, it would make more sense for the clue to be on the left and the number of usages (extra information) to be on the right.
Navarro2814
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May 18th, 2010 at 00:17 GMT
1 point
I got ore because I was typing oreo. I was partially disappointed the worlds best cookie wasnt on here
dtherfel
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May 21st, 2010 at 17:40 GMT
1 point
Surprised "Brian of pop music" didn't crack the list.
QuintFan
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Jul 22nd, 2010 at 03:03 GMT
1 point
I don't like the clue for Eden "perfect plot." I've seen Eden a billion times in crosswords, but don't recognize that clue. I think the clue for Ala is also poor. Otherwise, fine.
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