| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Adrian Hickford | 29 | Tennis swing = Winning sets. |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 28 | It is a long story = It's a trilogy, son. |
3 | Tyler Severance | 27 | A devout Family honor there = Father And Mother I Love You |
4 | nedesto | 21 | Tossed a spanner in the works = Known phrase notes disaster. |
5 | David Bourke | 20 | Termination of pregnancy = I can report my infant gone. |
6 | Meyran Kraus | 16 | Can't seem to find those car keys of yours? = They're so often in some dusty sofa crack! |
7 | Tony Crafter | 11 | The sacramental wine = (Hic!) "Amen," we translate. |
8 | Adie Pena | 10 | See evil stories in ~ television series. |
9 | Ed Pegg Jr | 9 | International investments ~ sent antienvironmentalist. |
10 | Christopher Sturdy | 8 | Fertile uterus ‡ Sterile future. |
11 | View | 7 | The tobacco industry = Counteract this body. |
12 | Rick Rothstein | 6 | Feminine deodorant products = I'm darned superconfident too! |
12 | Mark Huffman | 6 | Some cannibalistic tribes ~ can bite moist brain slices. |
12 | Rosie Perera | 6 | The software encryption = So often a written cypher. |
12 | Ivan Andonov | 6 | Lame conspiracy theorist = Years on chemtrail topics. |
12 | Larry Brash | 6 | Evildoer fancies ~ denial of service. |
17 | Julian Lofts | 5 | The immigrant holding center ~ meant children in grim ghetto. |
17 | Maurice Goddard | 5 | The dirtiest of dirty old men is ~ itemised: rotten, filthy, sordid. |
19 | Ellie Dent | 3 | Spreading good cheer = Preach God does reign. |
20 | Scott Gardner | 1 | A federal politician = Adore life in capital. |
20 | Jason Lofts | 1 | A 'cosmic inflation' theorist ‡ "Earth is flat" is comic notion. |
Total points: | 231 | from 39 votes (DFE factor: 0.538) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 52 | Masterpiece painting 'Mona Lisa' = An enigmatic smile appears on it. |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 32 | The beloved classic children's story of "Peter Pan" = Child flyer can pass over treetops in bedclothes. |
3 | Tyler Severance | 29 | Starship engineering team ~ is managing the Enterprise. |
3 | nedesto | 29 | The famous Beatle's song ... = In which a mindless young beauty takes most o... |
5 | Scott Gardner | 25 | Michelangelo's painting The Creation of Adam = Man in chapel reaching to God animates to life. |
6 | Ellie Dent | 10 | Claude Monet's painting: The Garden in Flower = Floral growth needing time, patience ... and sun! |
7 | Jason Lofts | 9 | René Lacoste in ~ tennis ace role. |
8 | Mark Huffman | 8 | World Cup: The Netherlands routs Spain = Pro Dutch lads win, turn planet's heroes! |
8 | David Bourke | 8 | The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who = One, two, three hottest all-English bands, eh? |
10 | naturegirl | 7 | Yes - It Can Happen To You = A peachy, noisy, top tune. |
11 | Adie Pena | 3 | The Beatles' Richard Starkey = They each liked R. Starr's beat! |
11 | Julian Lofts | 3 | Gary Leonard Oldman is an actor = Racist raged on and on amorally. |
13 | Rosie Perera | 2 | Stanley Cup Playoffs: Finals = Staff snaps playfully on ice. |
14 | Tony Crafter | 1 | 'Guilty', the classic Barbra Streisand album = All Barry Gibb music!" I rattled. "Such an asset." |
Total points: | 218 | from 37 votes (DFE factor: 0.378) |
1 | nedesto | 32 | The annual summer solstice = Sun reaches one tall summit. |
2 | Jason Lofts | 28 | Tense relations in the Middle East again ~ alongside heated anti-Israel sentiment. |
3 | Dharam Khalsa | 23 | What could have happened to missing Malaysia plane? = Alas, many allow it might have ended up on a spaceship. |
4 | David Bourke | 22 | Rolf Harris found guilty of indecent assault = End of scrutiny of foul Australian's third leg. |
5 | Tony Crafter | 18 | Juan Carlos the King of Spain has abdicated = I escape and hand backlash to junior as gift! |
6 | Meyran Kraus | 16 | Russian leader Putin ‡ A sturdier peninsula. |
7 | Maurice Goddard | 14 | Tokyo's 'oldest man' had been dead for thirty years = A rather odd to shady mystery of a skeleton in bed! |
7 | Tyler Severance | 14 | Tension in the Middle East ~ nonetheless intimidated. |
7 | Julian Lofts | 14 | Luis Suarez faces long ban if found guilty of bite = Ugly sin of zealous biter obfuscating final feud. |
10 | View | 13 | Why is King Juan Carlos of Spain abdicating? = Against Hispanic ruling way and sick of 'job' |
11 | Scott Gardner | 12 | The Allies' beach landings in Normandy = A male Brit's in English Channel on D-Day. |
12 | Ellie Dent | 8 | Soul singer Womack = Musical works ... gone. |
13 | Christopher Sturdy | 7 | Veteran entertainer, Rolf Harris found guilty = I rattled rather unsavoury interfering felon. |
14 | Mark Huffman | 3 | Iraq: is this really the end of a country? = Sunnis hide; rich, royalty flee to Qatar. |
14 | Adie Pena | 3 | As more may not hear the lawful truth from ~ Lutfur Rahman, the mayor of Tower Hamlets. |
16 | Rosie Perera | 2 | Police set to begin digging for Madeleine McCann = Cementing dogged belief in cop locating remains. |
Total points: | 229 | from 39 votes (DFE factor: 0.410) |
1 | David Bourke | 35 | William Shakespeare, the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon = Installed upon a peak far, far above other wordsmiths! |
2 | Julian Lofts | 28 | Luis Alberto Suarez = Slur - a zealous biter. |
3 | nedesto | 27 | The famous Liverpudlians: John, Paul, George, Ringo = Four male English pals have joined touring group. |
4 | Adie Pena | 24 | Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge = She became chic for grand duties. |
5 | Scott Gardner | 18 | Old master Titian = An old-time artist. |
6 | Dharam Khalsa | 16 | United States Army Soldier Bowe Bergdahl = I'll disregard web debate on my hero status. |
7 | Mark Huffman | 15 | USA Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl = Released by worst human garbage. |
8 | Meyran Kraus | 13 | US action director Michael Bay = Critics loathe your bad cinema! |
8 | Tony Crafter | 13 | Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, Princess of Asturias = An aristocrat of sure social position (a sizzler!) |
8 | View | 13 | English poet William Shakespeare = I/we like his elegant phrasal poems. |
11 | Tyler Severance | 5 | William Shakespeare the bard of Stratford = Praised this framework of theater ballads! |
12 | Ellie Dent | 3 | Will the Bard = Ill-bred ... what?? |
13 | Rosie Perera | 2 | The Russian Evgeniy Mikhailovitch Bogachev = US itching to go nab him -- i.e., savvy evil hacker, eh? |
Total points: | 212 | from 37 votes (DFE factor: 0.351) |
1 | View | 42 | United States of America = Russia to meet and face it. |
2 | David Bourke | 37 | The United States men's national soccer team = The talented Americans came out in stetsons! |
3 | Ellie Dent | 22 | Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor = A happier mood is a fun cure to patients or a child. |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 21 | Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow = Main castle with badass colors. |
5 | nedesto | 18 | Apple Records, a division of Apple Corps Ltd = Faction prepared Liverpool lads' pop discs. |
6 | Adrian Hickford | 17 | The commemoration of D-Day after seventy years = Many of today's veterans recite memory of death. |
6 | Tony Crafter | 17 | King Arthur's 'Camelot' = A knights' realm-court. |
8 | Jason Lofts | 8 | Fruitland American Meat = Alarm: if untreated, manic! |
8 | Dharam Khalsa | 8 | Vintage Seth Thomas Metronome = One gives man that smooth meter. |
10 | Christopher Sturdy | 7 | The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant = Men that evil, that 'soft' Al-Qaeda is nicer. |
11 | Adie Pena | 6 | International Federation of Association Football = I note if all action fans of neat to-do are in Brasil too. |
12 | Ed Pegg Jr | 5 | Monash Institute of Medical Research = The Monster and the Sacrificial Mouse. |
Total points: | 208 | from 36 votes (DFE factor: 0.333) |
1 | Scott Gardner | 34 | The Fellowship of the Ring: 1. Gandalf 2. A... = 1. Magician 2. Ranger 3. Gondor hero 4. ... |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 30 | 1. Sean Connery 2. George Lazenby 3. Roger Mo... = 1. Original one 2. One-time Bond 3. A girl c... |
3 | nedesto | 28 | Top Five Currently Playing Movies: 1. Malefice... = 1. Evil fairy softens 2. Mutant vs. machine t... |
4 | Ellie Dent | 24 | Dear Poppy I've been lost or alone, moreover ... = Please, please, I DO need you. Do forgive me, ... |
5 | David Bourke | 21 | The Middle East peace envoy Anthony Charles Lyn... = Planned on headstone by the liar: "My very las... |
6 | Dharam Khalsa | 16 | The schoolteacher: "Edward, please name two pro... = As the lad, then asleep, now rose up, "Who, me... |
7 | Jason Lofts | 8 | Goalie Cesar and Neymar save Brazil in penalty shootout = Game's valiant ace players in Belo Horizonte on Saturday. |
7 | Tony Crafter | 8 | World's Most Dangerous Cities 1. Kabul, Afg'st... = 1. Taliban subjugators 2. Incommodious bazook... |
9 | Tyler Severance | 5 | American Dad main family characters Stan Fran... = CIA caseman craven dame alien treehug flat... |
10 | Adie Pena | 4 | The Worst Films Ever Made [2010s] 1. The Last ... = 1. 432,100 saw this film. 2/3. Both by Adam S... |
10 | Julian Lofts | 4 | A Pennsylvania man is accused of stealing human... = Hell, man! I visualise fanatic frying them as ... |
12 | Maurice Goddard | 2 | Swearing in filth, this sad dumb Paddy got stin... = It was Seamus, Dublin's goofy drunkard standin... |
Total points: | 184 | from 31 votes (DFE factor: 0.387) |
1 | David Bourke | 27 | My definition of an imbecile? That is an unlucky-in-love loser, well into all home technology, who will use the interne... |
2 | Larry Brash | 25 | One cute little melody by Rossini, now an unlikely theme tune for a cool film with Tonto; a nattering fellow intoning t... (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
3 | Adie Pena | 23 | My definition of non-intellectual is how one collective nation will let in a ninny -- liar George Bush -- to kill all t... |
4 | Maurice Goddard | 19 | * * * * * "NO HERO" * * * * * An inn nit with a HUGE lain belly, Watched soccer no limit on telly. Vile ill-looking ... |
5 | Ellie Dent | 14 | Hilarious little comment on life. That well known huge, bonny Scot, himself once the revolutionary, no idiot. In reali... |
6 | Christopher Sturdy | 13 | No vanity, no inhibition, I goof. Like a funny uncle or Tourette's, I'm not loath to inflict a silly comment: Three hol... |
7 | nedesto | 12 | Tonto lie incisively with ear to a little hole, "Buffalo come." Lone Ranger knelt, "Well, the notion! I... I'm stunned... |
8 | Julian Lofts | 10 | Contradictions: Oh why intelligent men like football O why Einstein loves Marilyn Emotional intelligence Hollow lif... |
9 | Jason Lofts | 9 | He (notorious Scot wit) to fetching Welsh beauty from Llanelli: "I'm not an unintelligent loon, I like lovely women if ... |
9 | Meyran Kraus | 9 | "My definition of a hillbilly is a fool who won't ... |
11 | Dharam Khalsa | 8 | Well, violently shooting the fruit from your wee innocent tot's head is not cool; in lieu, I'll intelligently think of ... |
12 | Tony Crafter | 7 | "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." - William Congreve (Yes, in one nifty turn of emotion, the she-nut will boil... |
Total points: | 176 | from 30 votes (DFE factor: 0.400) |
1 | David Bourke | 40 | The football teams taking part in the World Cup... = 1. A clog. 2. A wop. 3. A sprout. 4. A kra... |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 31 | Filmsite.com's Fifteen Greatest Screen Actors: 1. Tom Hanks 2. Robert De Niro 3. Jack Nicholson 4. Henry Fonda 5. James... |
3 | nedesto | 27 | TOP TEN THINGS WOMEN HATE TO HEAR FROM MEN 1.... = TOP TEN THINGS MEN HATE TO HEAR FROM WOMEN ... |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 25 | ISMs (an "oldie", but a "goldie") Socialism: ... = Anarchism: You have two cows. You keep both ... |
5 | Tony Crafter | 19 | Favourite Music to listen to while you are givi... = 1. Push - you're nearing that final peak! 2... |
6 | Ellie Dent | 16 | A psychiatrist told a client who was a henpecke... = I need my supper, right this second. And furt... |
7 | Julian Lofts | 11 | "A great life lost so that someone far away can... = In memory of idol Satao, the ancient African ... |
8 | Rosie Perera | 2 | "Whatever is hateful to you, ... = Rumor: This is the early law of the Holy One,... |
Total points: | 171 | from 29 votes (DFE factor: 0.276) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 44 | William Henry Davies' poem about June is anagrammed into a poem dedicated to World Cup fans with 2 constraints: it conta... |
2 | nedesto | 38 | 42 GREAT THINGS ABOUT BEING A MAN 42 GREAT THINGS ABOUT BEING A WOMAN |
3 | Tony Crafter | 28 | Limericks |
4 | Tony Crafter | 19 | Two Jokes |
5 | Christopher Sturdy | 17 | The original is a silver prize-winning entry in a national 500-word story competition by a seven year-old friend of the ... |
6 | Jon Gearhart | 12 | I believe the children are our future. |
Total points: | 158 | from 27 votes (DFE factor: 0.222) |
1 | Christopher Sturdy | 59 | Kids are the future of this country = In short, if that's true, you're fucked! |
2 | David Bourke | 41 | Romance? It's a pain in the bleeding arse! = In a same-gender relationship, it can be! |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 16 | That meal of red beans ~ has enabled me to fart! |
4 | View | 14 | The premenstrual syndrome = Truly her temper? No, madness! |
4 | Julian Lofts | 14 | Anal secretions ~ are a lion's scent. |
6 | Larry Brash | 12 | An orgasm is prolonged = Sperm load soon raging! |
7 | nedesto | 7 | The prescription drug Levitra = Order put penis right vertical! |
8 | Adie Pena | 5 | Scottish independence = The disconnected penis. |
Total points: | 168 | from 28 votes (DFE factor: 0.286) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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