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Puzzles with longest average word length
Long average word length is closely correlated with low word count.
Rebus squares are assumed to add only one to the length of the answer word.
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Fri 1/21/2005
U | L | S | T | E | R | | | | L | A | P | C | A | T |
P | I | C | A | R | O | S | | T | O | P | R | A | T | E |
S | E | A | M | I | S | T | | R | U | P | E | R | T | S |
E | N | T | I | C | E | R | | A | D | E | P | T | A | T |
T | O | T | A | S | T | E | | D | E | A | L | E | R | S |
| R | E | M | O | T | E | S | E | N | S | O | R | S | |
| | D | I | N | E | T | T | E | S | E | T | S | | |
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| | H | E | R | M | E | T | I | C | I | S | M | | |
| R | A | R | E | I | N | S | T | A | N | C | E | S | |
F | E | R | N | A | N | D | | I | N | H | A | L | E | D |
A | C | D | E | L | C | O | | O | N | E | L | A | N | E |
R | O | I | S | T | E | R | | N | O | R | A | N | D | A |
C | U | S | T | E | R | S | | S | N | I | G | G | E | R |
E | P | H | O | R | S | | | | S | T | E | E | R | S |
Sat 6/29/2013
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V | O | I | C | E | D | | | | S | E | E | G | E | R |
L | E | T | T | E | R | C | | S | T | E | A | N | N | E |
O | U | T | S | K | I | P | | H | U | R | L | I | N | G |
G | R | I | M | I | E | R | | A | D | S | I | T | E | S |
| S | T | A | N | D | T | O | R | E | A | S | O | N | |
| | E | D | G | A | R | W | I | N | T | E | R | | |
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| | H | E | A | R | I | N | G | D | O | G | S | | |
| H | A | N | G | I | N | G | A | R | O | U | N | D | |
L | A | T | T | I | C | E | | B | I | L | L | E | R | S |
E | V | E | R | T | O | R | | E | V | I | L | E | Y | E |
N | O | S | E | A | T | S | | D | E | T | E | R | G | E |
O | C | T | E | T | S | | | | R | E | T | E | A | M |
| S | O | S | O | | | | | | S | S | R | S | |
Sat 12/15/2001
S | T | I | C | K | S | | | | W | I | S | T | E | R |
T | E | N | O | N | E | D | | | E | L | P | A | S | O |
I | N | S | P | I | R | I | T | | B | L | I | M | P | S |
F | L | A | T | F | I | S | H | | P | O | K | E | R | S |
L | E | N | I | E | N | C | E | | A | M | E | L | I | E |
E | Y | E | C | R | E | A | M | | G | E | L | E | T | T |
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| P | R | O | P | O | S | A | L | | | | | | |
R | I | E | S | E | N | | C | L | E | R | I | C | A | L |
U | N | D | E | R | S | | L | O | V | E | G | A | M | E |
G | N | A | W | A | T | | E | V | E | R | E | T | T | S |
R | A | T | I | T | E | | S | E | N | A | T | O | R | S |
A | T | O | N | E | R | | | R | E | T | I | N | A | E |
T | E | R | E | S | A | | | | R | E | T | A | K | E |
Fri 1/4/2008
S | C | A | L | A | R | | | | | I | V | I | N | S |
E | A | S | I | N | E | S | S | | | C | A | N | O | E |
E | P | I | C | T | A | L | E | S | | U | P | T | H | E |
M | O | V | I | E | F | O | N | E | | | O | H | O | H |
S | T | E | A | D | F | A | S | T | | C | R | E | P | E |
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| | W | H | E | R | E | S | T | H | E | F | I | R | E |
| S | H | A | M | E | S | | H | E | M | I | N | S | |
S | C | A | R | E | S | T | H | E | H | E | C | K | | |
P | E | R | P | E | T | R | A | T | E | | | | | |
I | N | F | E | R | | E | M | A | I | L | L | I | S | T |
K | E | R | R | | | E | M | B | R | O | I | D | E | R |
E | X | A | L | T | | T | E | L | E | S | C | O | P | Y |
T | I | T | E | R | | | D | E | S | C | E | N | T | S |
V | I | S | E | S | | | | | S | H | Y | E | S | T |
Fri 7/27/2012
P | E | P | C | I | D | | L | A | C | E | R | A | T | E |
A | P | A | S | S | A | G | E | T | O | I | N | D | I | A |
D | I | S | P | U | T | E | D | B | O | R | D | E | R | S |
U | S | T | A | | A | R | I | A | N | E | | L | E | E |
A | T | O | N | E | M | E | N | T | S | | S | A | M | I |
N | E | R | | M | I | N | T | S | | I | C | I | A | N |
| M | A | P | O | N | T | O | | C | R | E | D | I | T |
S | O | L | A | T | E | S | | P | H | O | N | E | N | O |
I | L | E | N | E | S | | S | O | O | N | E | S | T | |
D | O | P | E | D | | D | E | N | S | E | | L | E | T |
E | G | I | S | | C | E | N | T | E | R | L | A | N | E |
W | I | S | | L | E | A | D | I | N | | O | M | A | N |
A | C | T | S | I | N | D | I | F | F | E | R | E | N | T |
Y | A | L | T | A | C | O | N | F | E | R | E | N | C | E |
S | L | E | E | T | I | N | G | | W | A | S | T | E | D |
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Rank | Date | Avg Word Len | Author |
1. | Fri Jan 21, 2005 | 7.19 | Frank Longo |
2. | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | 7.08 | Joe Krozel |
3. | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | 7.00 | Frank A. Longo |
4. | Fri Jan 4, 2008 | 6.96 | Raymond C. Young |
5. | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | 6.93 | Joe Krozel |
6. | Fri Oct 17, 2008 | 6.93 | Patrick Berry |
7. | Fri Aug 22, 2008 | 6.90 | Kevin G. Der |
8. | Fri Jun 1, 2012 | 6.88 | Joe Krozel |
9. | Fri Oct 24, 1997 | 6.85 | Frank Longo |
10. | Sat Aug 19, 2017 | 6.77 | Mark Diehl |
11. | Sat Sep 19, 2015 | 6.76 | Kevin Adamick |
12. | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | 6.71 | Joe Krozel |
| Sat Mar 20, 2010 | 6.71 | Joe Krozel |
| Sat Dec 22, 2007 | 6.71 | Harvey Estes |
| Sat Jan 20, 2007 | 6.71 | Harvey Estes |
| Sat Jul 15, 2006 | 6.71 | Patrick Berry |
| Sat May 7, 2005 | 6.71 | Patrick Berry |
| Sat Jan 1, 2005 | 6.71 | Raymond C. Young |
19. | Sat Apr 14, 2007 | 6.70 | Sherry O. Blackard |
20. | Fri Aug 22, 1997 | 6.68 | Frank Longo |
21. | Fri Mar 15, 2013 | 6.68 | Joe Krozel |
| Sat Aug 7, 2010 | 6.68 | Joe Krozel |
23. | Sat Sep 21, 2013 | 6.66 | Tim Croce |
24. | Fri Mar 11, 2005 | 6.65 | Manny Nosowsky |
25. | Sat Aug 7, 2004 | 6.60 | Patrick Berry |
26. | Sat Nov 11, 2023 | 6.59 | Blake Slonecker |
27. | Sat Feb 11, 2012 | 6.56 | Joe Krozel |
28. | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | 6.55 | Byron Walden |
| Sat Jan 2, 2010 | 6.55 | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sat Oct 31, 2009 | 6.55 | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sat Jul 18, 2009 | 6.55 | Joe Krozel |
32. | Sat Nov 25, 2017 | 6.53 | Kevin G. Der |
| Sat Oct 28, 2017 | 6.53 | Roland Huget |
34. | Fri Jul 28, 2006 | 6.52 | Sherry O. Blackard |
35. | Sat Sep 24, 2005 | 6.52 | Byron Walden |
36. | Sat Apr 20, 2019 | 6.50 | Kevin Adamick |
37. | Sat Feb 15, 2020 | 6.48 | Randolph Ross |
| Sat Jan 23, 1999 | 6.48 | Frank Longo |
39. | Sat Sep 20, 2008 | 6.48 | Joe Krozel |
| Sat Dec 1, 2007 | 6.48 | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Sat Dec 9, 2006 | 6.48 | Robert H. Wolfe |
42. | Sat Oct 20, 2001 | 6.47 | Patrick Berry |
43. | Sat Nov 13, 2004 | 6.45 | Frank Longo |
44. | Fri Oct 8, 2010 | 6.45 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sat Jan 21, 2006 | 6.45 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sat Jun 29, 1996 | 6.45 | F. Longo |
47. | Fri Apr 24, 2015 | 6.44 | Joe Krozel |
| Sat Jan 7, 2012 | 6.44 | Joe Krozel |
| Fri Feb 5, 2010 | 6.44 | Joe Krozel |
| Fri Sep 4, 2009 | 6.44 | Joe Krozel |
| Sat Mar 28, 2009 | 6.44 | Joe Krozel |
52. | Sat Jun 15, 1996 | 6.43 | R. Ross |
53. | Sat Mar 19, 2016 | 6.42 | Byron Walden |
| Fri Mar 9, 2012 | 6.42 | Tim Croce |
55. | Sat Jul 3, 2010 | 6.41 | Joe Krozel |
56. | Fri Jul 30, 2010 | 6.41 | Kevin G. Der |
| Fri Jan 19, 2001 | 6.41 | Joe DiPietro |
58. | Fri Feb 15, 2008 | 6.38 | Patrick Berry |
59. | Sun May 16, 2010 | 6.37 | Matt Ginsberg |
60. | Sat Oct 7, 1995 | 6.37 | Frank A. Longo |
61. | Sat Jul 18, 2015 | 6.36 | Joe Krozel |
62. | Sat Jul 5, 2014 | 6.35 | David Steinberg |
| Sat Sep 4, 2004 | 6.35 | Patrick Berry |
| Sat Mar 8, 2003 | 6.35 | Patrick Berry |
| Sat Dec 22, 2001 | 6.35 | Trip Payne |
66. | Sat Dec 3, 2016 | 6.34 | Jason Flinn |
| Sat Sep 28, 2013 | 6.34 | Joe Krozel |
68. | Sat Jan 6, 2007 | 6.33 | Robert H. Wolfe |
69. | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | 6.32 | Mark Diehl |
70. | Sat Feb 7, 2015 | 6.31 | Byron Walden |
| Sat Oct 8, 2005 | 6.31 | Byron Walden |
72. | Sun May 17, 2020 | 6.31 | Byron Walden |
73. | Sat Sep 12, 2020 | 6.30 | Ryan McCarty |
| Fri Oct 28, 2011 | 6.30 | Tim Croce |
75. | Fri Oct 18, 2013 | 6.29 | David Steinberg |
| Fri Feb 15, 2013 | 6.29 | Tom Heilman |
| Sat Feb 14, 2004 | 6.29 | Frank Longo |
| Sat Aug 4, 2001 | 6.29 | Randolph Ross |
79. | Sat Jun 9, 2018 | 6.28 | Roland Huget |
| Sat Mar 24, 2018 | 6.28 | Byron Walden |
| Sat Oct 15, 2016 | 6.28 | Mark Diehl |
| Sat May 16, 2015 | 6.28 | Byron Walden |
| Sat Nov 22, 2008 | 6.28 | Frank Longo |
84. | Sat Oct 9, 2010 | 6.28 | Joe Krozel |
85. | Sun Jun 11, 2023 | 6.27 | Sam Ezersky |
86. | Sat Apr 8, 2023 | 6.27 | Sid Sivakumar |
| Sat Feb 6, 2010 | 6.27 | Frederick J. Healy |
| Fri Sep 10, 2004 | 6.27 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
89. | Sat Nov 22, 2003 | 6.26 | Robert H. Wolfe |
90. | Sat Sep 25, 2010 | 6.25 | Patrick Berry |
| Sat Aug 3, 2002 | 6.25 | Patrick Berry |
92. | Sun Dec 18, 2022 | 6.25 | Ryan McCarty |
| Sun Nov 24, 2019 | 6.25 | Frank Longo |
94. | Fri Aug 12, 2011 | 6.24 | Julian Lim |
95. | Sat Jun 3, 2017 | 6.23 | Roland Huget |
| Sat Nov 29, 2014 | 6.23 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Fri Feb 18, 2011 | 6.23 | Patrick Berry |
| Fri Aug 13, 2010 | 6.23 | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sat Sep 8, 2007 | 6.23 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sat Jul 28, 2007 | 6.23 | Manny Nosowsky |