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Tuesday, June 11, 2024 NYT crossword by Chloe Revery, No. 0611

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Analysis
There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and no cheater squares.The grid uses 21 of 26 letters, missing JQWXZ.It has normal rotational symmetry.Average word length: 5.22, Scrabble score: 285, Scrabble average: 1.48.Puzzle has 2 fill-in-the-blank clues and 0 cross-reference clues.This puzzle has 5 unique answer words.It has 0 words that debuted in this puzzle and
were later reused:These words are unique to the Modern Era but have appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:These 28 answer words are not legal Scrabbleâ„¢ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:

Day of week comparisons

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Distribution of answer words by length

Letter distribution



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Vowel distribution
Scrabble score uses the same color key as above
Freshness view shows unique answers in red (see colorized grid below)

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Colorized grid for Tue Jun 11, 2024
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Unique answers are in red, red overwrites orange which overwrites yellow, etc.



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Freshness Factor

Freshness score: 34.4 – 46.8 overall percentile, 84.1 Tuesday percentile

Freshness Factor is a calculation that compares the number of times words in this puzzle have appeared
in other Modern Era puzzles.
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The chart below shows how many times each word has been used across all NYT puzzles, old and modern including Variety.

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