| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Christopher Sturdy | 32 | Twenty six letters of the alphabet = Best of all, they shape written text. |
2 | nedesto | 22 | Television news documentaries ~ remind us violence ain't so sweet. |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 17 | Sure, if we liken a German to a Nazi, ~ we make unfair generalizations. |
4 | Scott Gardner | 15 | A domesticated animal = Lion is made a tamed cat. |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 14 | The best way to program an Infinite Loop in BAS... = It entails: 10 PRINT "No harm in a few copie... |
5 | Adie Pena | 14 | The Three Primary Colors 1. Red 2. Yellow 3. Blue = 1. Rose 2. Really old pumice 3. The whortleberry |
5 | Ellie Dent | 14 | Soulful melodies = Mellifluous odes. |
8 | Jason Lofts | 11 | Real vegetarians must not begin ~ testing a venison tamale burger! |
9 | Snyder | 9 | The migraine = I.e., nightmare. |
9 | Rosie Perera | 9 | The grief counselor's ~ forte: cheering souls. |
11 | Tony Crafter | 8 | Orthopaedic perusal = A hospital procedure. |
11 | Larry Brash | 8 | Conspiracy theorists ~ say his point's correct. |
13 | Prashanth | 7 | I am alone. Yes it hurts = I seriously mean that. |
13 | View | 7 | The tenth anniversary = That's never ninth year. |
15 | Rick Rothstein | 6 | Monsters exude ~ extreme sounds. |
16 | Tyler Severance | 4 | To human patient = Amputation then? |
17 | Ivan Andonov | 3 | Spanish Reconquista = Saracens quit on ship. |
18 | Ed Pegg Jr | 2 | Motion capture ~ into a computer. |
Total points: | 202 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.529) |
1 | David Bourke | 31 | Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' = A wise young black woman - her sad, edgy insight. |
2 | Scott Gardner | 22 | Constable's rural landscape The Hay Wain = At a channel, a cart was pulled in by horses. |
3 | Mark Huffman | 17 | California Chrome wins Preakness Stakes = Fans see horse kick ass! Triple Crown mania! |
4 | Julian Lofts | 16 | Conchita Wurst = Circus whatnot. |
4 | Tyler Severance | 16 | The music of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel = Pair sing, made much of natural folk tunes. |
6 | Christopher Sturdy | 15 | Soccer World Cup heats and finale = So wonderful and rich a spectacle. |
7 | Larry Brash | 12 | Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade of Pale = Hit has had a real powerful composer. |
7 | Ellie Dent | 12 | Sandro Botticelli's painting Primavera = A contrived, inimitable, pastoral Spring. |
9 | Adie Pena | 11 | Gareth Edwards' "Godzilla" in Three-D = We see the grand odd lizard alright. |
9 | Rosie Perera | 11 | Horatio Alger scene: it's strictly ~ a nice little rags-to-riches story. |
9 | Snyder | 11 | Stephen King's "Carrie" = Sheer sick parenting. |
12 | nedesto | 9 | Edouard Manet's The Luncheon on the Grass = Men together around the scandalous hens. |
12 | Rick Rothstein | 9 | Those television commercials = Tiresome claims echo, "It's novel!" |
14 | View | 5 | 'Winter Sleep' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes = Select drama is top panel's new winner. |
14 | Tony Crafter | 5 | Irish folk-dancing ‡ Danish frolicking! |
Total points: | 202 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.441) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 27 | Conchita Wurst's 'Rise Like a Phoenix' = I pick transexual to win cos 'her' is 'he'! |
2 | Larry Brash | 26 | Ukraine separatists = Its area kept Russian. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 25 | The speech Pope Francis made to the Israelis = His plea for the peace process in the Mideast. |
3 | View | 25 | Conchita Wurst = Won that circus. |
5 | nedesto | 20 | The USA Memorial Day celebration = A remembrance holiday I salute to. |
6 | Ed Pegg Jr | 17 | DC metapolitics = It's complicated. |
7 | Rosie Perera | 13 | Maya Angelou dies = Alas, gone. My adieu. |
8 | Julian Lofts | 12 | Angela Merkel 'ditches sausage sandwiches for diet' = "Kein Fleisch, da ich Salate esse!" sagt AM. "Wunderdroge!" |
9 | Ellie Dent | 11 | Dr M Angelou = Mourned gal. |
10 | Rick Rothstein | 5 | On the military's coup in Thailand = Oh, is it not plain? Army launched it. |
10 | Jon Gearhart | 5 | Memorial Day Weekend = Idle memory awakened. |
12 | Mark Huffman | 4 | President Obama throws like a girl = "Weak, horrible at sports," I maligned. |
12 | Maurice Goddard | 4 | In Lahore, pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death = To the point: Sad, no? When mad lot partaking are insane?! |
14 | Christopher Sturdy | 3 | Shocking case of criminal neglect = Election form I scan has Nick Clegg. |
14 | Matt Jones | 3 | BASIC turns fifty = C? A bit rusty. [sniff] |
16 | Dharam Khalsa | 2 | Firefox looks like Space Invaders for some reason = Folks remark, "So, no explosive fire noise of arcades?" |
Total points: | 202 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.471) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 49 | William Shakespeare, the Immortal Bard = I admire 'Hamlet'... His plot was remarkable! |
2 | nedesto | 29 | The artist Leonardo da Vinci = A dated historical inventor. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 26 | I said, "Invade, usurp, reform it... then split!" = Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia. |
4 | Jason Lofts | 17 | Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson = Mr Ace Car Jester? Hell, sorry knob! |
4 | David Bourke | 17 | The singer and actress Kylie Minogue = Dame in "Tuneless shrieking" category. |
6 | Ellie Dent | 15 | Painter Sandro Botticelli = Predict notable art in oils. |
7 | View | 9 | Singer Kanye West = Swankiest energy. |
7 | Rick Rothstein | 9 | Author and poetess Maya Angelou = Only a sage, pause to mourn a death. |
9 | Matt Jones | 8 | Billionaire "Chocolate King" Petro Poroshenko = Look! High-risk ballot, cocoa proponent in. Eerie. |
10 | Adie Pena | 7 | The American musician John Cameron Fogerty = Some can hear my guitar jam on one fine CCR hit! |
11 | Larry Brash | 2 | Treasurer, Joe Hockey = The score? You're a jerk! |
Total points: | 188 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.344) |
1 | Ellie Dent | 42 | The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston = Famous for the best Monet in US. |
2 | Larry Brash | 30 | The Google Self-drive Car = Forget old gear vehicles. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 25 | "The Crimean Peninsula ~ is a mere channel." - Putin. |
4 | Rosie Perera | 14 | The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention = In pain? Team here to offer succour. Don't die in vain! |
5 | Snyder | 13 | America's foreign policy = Fragile myopic scenario. |
6 | Adie Pena | 10 | Reese's NutRageous = One sees true sugar! |
7 | Meyran Kraus | 9 | The American Mensa gatherings = I hear men engage in smart chats. |
7 | Scott Gardner | 9 | Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Cod... = 10 GOSUB 30 20 END 30 PRINT "Nice ole BASIC'... |
9 | Christopher Sturdy | 8 | Royal Society of Medicine = So I eye nice family doctor. |
10 | Rick Rothstein | 6 | The United States Military Academy at West Point = It educates potential army men... ay, that is twisted. |
10 | nedesto | 6 | Tonsils admit ~ Altoids mints. |
12 | Dharam Khalsa | 5 | National Geographic Channel = Lo, an enchanting archipelago! |
12 | Jason Lofts | 5 | Tata Global Beverages Limited = Teabag advert aim: to sell bilge! |
12 | Maurice Goddard | 5 | Narcissistic Personality Disorder = Dossier crisis in Doc Larry's patient! |
15 | View | 3 | The Indy Racing League = Leading guy in the race. |
15 | Tyler Severance | 3 | The psychoactive ingredient THC = The ecstatic driven 'high' potency. |
Total points: | 193 | from 33 votes (DFE factor: 0.485) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 32 | Top Ten World's Fattest Countries 10. Hungary ... = 10. Cake crazy 9. The wurst! 8. Styled on US... |
2 | Ellie Dent | 27 | Ten New Commandments 1. Laugh. 2. Read. ... = 1. Ha! 2. Scan the headline. 3. Watch man... |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 26 | The traditional symbolic themes of each wedding... = Things that I'll lose each year when I divorce... |
4 | nedesto | 19 | The message that washed ashore inside an old bottle = He'd see that his words had been lost at sea a long time. |
5 | David Bourke | 14 | The coalition Deputy Prime Minister, Nicholas W... = Immensely anti-democratic person, puerile poli... |
6 | Rosie Perera | 13 | Obama gives graduation speech for West Point Mil... = "Whatever I do, America must again adopt my fo... |
6 | Julian Lofts | 13 | Surrealist Salvador Dali's "Soft Construction w... = Abstract allusions - tortured bodies hint of c... |
8 | Adie Pena | 9 | The Top Five Candies With The Most Calories 5.... = 5. Super toothsomeness 4. Take the risk, U.S.... |
9 | Jason Lofts | 7 | Biggest alcohol consumption by litres: 1. Bel... = 1. SOB! It ... |
10 | Snyder | 6 | Top Words About Foods 1.Piquant 2.Ambrosial ... = 1. Blazed 2. My, I'm good! 3. Asparagus dip ... |
11 | Tyler Severance | 5 | My poor hands Arthritis Carpal Tunnel Syndrom... = Old Man's Arthur Compress typer strain Shaky... |
Total points: | 171 | from 29 votes (DFE factor: 0.379) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 31 | WILFUL PRIDE "Oh, what a lovely war!" he cried "Let the fighting start!" To the warfront, side by side We walk into... |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 26 | (... |
3 | Larry Brash | 18 | This shrink, he now says he is worried that I've got Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following the huge battle where hal... |
4 | David Bourke | 17 | SOLDIER, SOLDIER (Spike Milligan) How the wily old owl Putin, The Crimea desires again! Vlad the Warrior longs to ta... |
4 | Julian Lofts | 17 | "He's" the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, beloved Irish battalion of the British Army, who attacked, who shot, who ki... |
6 | Christopher Sturdy | 15 | But then that little soldier Was blown to bits... = The ... |
7 | Jason Lofts | 8 | ... |
8 | Rosie Perera | 7 | MENNONITE, MENNONITE He forbids hatred, all ill will. Though trod on, he will not kill. (So bold a skill.) To hawks ... |
9 | Ellie Dent | 6 | 'War is hell' the poet said Yet still the wild ones went ahead Willing to strike the blighters Kill them dead. Whit... |
9 | Dharam Khalsa | 6 | This dishwasher Vietnamese Said, "We too wish peace! Do not lightly kill, To find a nightly thrill; This hellish war... |
9 | Snyder | 6 | This bloodshed, this fight. Kill, kill, I lose sight! I battle this web, without light. Oh, I ask, "What right?!" "L... |
12 | Adie Pena | 5 | KILLER, KILLER There was this little Bob Welsh Who went off to school With a big gun. What he had done Was against ... |
13 | Jon Gearhart | 4 | WHAT COUNTRIES WILL I INVADE FORTHWITH? HONESTLY? WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THE FILTHIEST OF HAWK SHIT HOBBLED DOG WHORES FIRST: ... |
13 | View | 4 | War, huh yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, oh hoh, oh War,what is it good for?.. Bet i.e. - Killings t... |
15 | Maurice Goddard | 3 | *THE BOSSIEST FAT OLD BAG SHOUTS!* It's been noisier hellish hell, In total battling with the wife, With psychologica... |
16 | Zdenko | 0 | ADIOS FRONTIERS The twilight of wild war Highlighted new frontier. Water, like a sea, Did cover the shy border, Showin... |
Total points: | 173 | from 29 votes (DFE factor: 0.552) |
1 | nedesto | 46 | WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? Ludwig Wi... = Carl Jung: The confluence of events in the cu... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 34 | A husband and wife were woken at three o'clock ... = A large woman, wearing a sleeveless dress, wa... |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 19 | ... ~ - Locate envelope with checks in purse - Hunt... |
4 | Neil Ramsay | 12 | A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the... = Tell that to the despairing families, or a swe... |
4 | Adie Pena | 12 | TEN THINGS THE INTERNET HAS KILLED OR RUINED ... = BORED? TEN THINGS TO DO ONLINE 1. Relax. Th... |
6 | Ellie Dent | 10 | GIFTS ... = HEART JEWELRY Yes, they are pretty and cute... |
7 | Julian Lofts | 8 | Super-rich London becomes the billionaires capi... = Yes, word's out - Russian homes, palaces in P... |
7 | Rosie Perera | 8 | "The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of... = Such an astounding bold woman, bestselling au... |
9 | Jason Lofts | 7 | "I am Warhol. I am the number one most impactfu... = Kanye Omari West. Think he is the most unforg... |
10 | Snyder | 3 | For God so loved the world that he gave his one... = Verse - But God tells how he saved this belov... |
Total points: | 159 | from 27 votes (DFE factor: 0.370) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 47 | THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER A Poem by Lewis Carroll |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 40 | 'Song of the Old Mother' by Yeats |
3 | Tony Crafter | 23 | BAFFLING QUESTIONS THAT HAVE NO REAL ANSWER |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 20 | The Five Toughest Questions that Women Ask Men, and the Answers Guys Need... |
5 | Adie Pena | 18 | YOU'RE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE Music: Charles Strouse / Lyrics: Martin Charnin |
Total points: | 148 | from 25 votes (DFE factor: 0.200) |
1 | Rick Rothstein | 22 | Extreme sounds = Tremendous sex. |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 20 | A male's worst habit = Miss that bowl area. |
3 | Larry Brash | 13 | Atypical sexual behaviours = Auto-asphyxia. Service a bull. |
3 | Adie Pena | 13 | The penis and some Viagra pills = As he'll deposit sperm in vagina. |
5 | Dirty Old Man | 11 | Lesbian lovers touch each other's ~ torso, haunches, beaver, clit, holes... |
5 | View | 11 | The 'International Clitoris Awareness Week' = Carnal trainee: essential to know where it is! |
7 | Maurice Goddard | 10 | I guess that all runny pooh ~ is thoroughly unpleasant! |
7 | Neil Ramsay | 10 | Fanatic argues = Farage is a cunt. |
9 | Christopher Sturdy | 9 | Self-gratification = It's fact, I frig alone. |
10 | Julian Lofts | 8 | Austrian Conchita Wurst sang 'Rise like a Phoenix' = A prick, no cunt, "it" has eager sex with sailor in anus. |
11 | David Bourke | 6 | The singer Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone = A side-income: Revealing her cunt on occasion. |
12 | Ivan Andonov | 5 | “Nymphomaniac”, directed by Lars von Trier = Tore my horny clit in a depraved man's crib. |
12 | Mark Huffman | 5 | A dying Tupac Shakur's final words = "Fuck you." A standard slang wish! RIP! |
14 | nedesto | 3 | The whoremonger = Wrong home, there! |
15 | Tony Crafter | 2 | Pisses out of the window = Puts on sideshow to wife! |
Total points: | 148 | from 25 votes (DFE factor: 0.600) |
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