Tuesday, November 15, 2022 NYT crossword by Sandy Ganzell, No. 1115

Evaluation

There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and 6 cheater squares (marked with “+” within the colorized grid beneath.)

The grid makes use of 22 of 26 letters, lacking JKQX.

It has regular rotational symmetry.

Common phrase size: 4.89, Scrabble rating: 284, Scrabble common: 1.57.

Puzzle has 7 fill-in-the-blank clues and 1 cross-reference clue.

This puzzle has 2 distinctive reply phrases.

It has 0 phrases that debuted on this puzzle and
had been later reused:

These 30 reply phrases usually are not authorized Scrabble™ entries, which typically means they’re fascinating:

Day of week comparisons

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

Thumbnails

Varied thumbnail views are proven:

• Customary view exhibits 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 exhibits distinctive solutions in crimson (see colorized grid beneath)

With solutions

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Colorized grid for Tue Nov 15, 2022

The following two sections try to indicate how contemporary 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.

Cheater squares are indicated with a + signal.

Freshness Issue

FF: 16.0 – 22.5 percentile, 42.1 Tuesday percentile

Freshness Issue is a calculation that compares the variety of instances phrases on this puzzle have appeared
in different Shortz Period puzzles.

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The chart beneath exhibits what number of instances every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, outdated and trendy together with Selection.