| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Paul Pan | 37 | Pandemics = Meds panic! |
2 | Adie Pena | 25 | Second-hand cigarette smoke = She, kids and me get cancer, too. |
3 | Ellie Dent | 18 | The anti-wrinkle creams = Miracle... renew that skin! |
3 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 18 | Curmudgeonliness ~ used no grin muscle. |
5 | Hans-Peter Reich | 17 | Lion tamer = I'm on alert. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 17 | Self-deprecation = Denial of respect. |
7 | Rick Rothstein | 11 | A fashion model = He is a damn fool. |
7 | David Bourke | 11 | ATM machines = Cash time, man! |
9 | Scott Gardner | 10 | Albino rats = Sort in a lab. |
10 | Rosie Perera | 8 | Money doesn't grow on trees = No green woods on my street. |
10 | Andrew Brehaut | 8 | The personal tutor = Another top result! |
12 | Chris Chatfield | 6 | Sound advice ~ avoid dunces. |
12 | Christopher Sturdy | 6 | Telephone answering machines = Message when not in... "Er, can I help?" |
14 | Meyran Kraus | 4 | The malaria parasite infections = I spot the ailment in Africa's area. |
14 | View | 4 | Car owner = Careworn. |
16 | Paul Laskoski | 3 | America's Most Dangerous Cities = Detroit amasses U.S. crime. Can I go? |
16 | Larry Brash | 3 | The Automatic Teller Machines = Cash tree in them? It all came out. |
16 | Tony Crafter | 3 | Holiday snap = Lady on a ship. |
19 | Anjali Mehta | 0 | Avoid wear = Radiowave. |
Total points: | 209 | from 36 votes (DFE factor: 0.528) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 38 | Rembrandt - 'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp'. = A lot of men sit enthralled by a rotund man's corpse! |
2 | View | 30 | 'Ivanhoe' by Sir Walter Scott = The basic violent war story. |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 24 | The amateur vocalist Susan Boyle = A matchless star alive on "YouTube". |
4 | Scott Gardner | 21 | Emily Bronte's classic "Wuthering Heights" = A hit success home-written by English girl. |
5 | Rick Rothstein | 16 | An overnight celebrity = Boyle... recent, raving hit. |
6 | Ellie Dent | 11 | Auguste Rodin, the sculptor = A sculpture's nude: too right! |
6 | David A Green | 11 | Henri Charrière's autobiography Papillon = Ah, pity a prisoner in a rough, horrible place. |
6 | Rosie Perera | 11 | The "Britain's Got Talent" star Susan Boyle = Sings; belts it out better than on a salary! |
9 | Hans-Peter Reich | 10 | Internet Music downloads = We transmit sound I cloned. |
9 | David Bourke | 10 | The Charlie's Angels actress Farrah Fawcett = Reflect, as she fights cancer: "What a real star!" |
11 | Dharam Khalsa | 8 | "The Triumph of Death" by Dutch master Pieter Bruegel = My humble thought: It depicts a perturbed hereafter! |
12 | Neil Ramsay | 7 | The Osbournes: Reloaded ‡ sober, serene adulthood. |
13 | Adie Pena | 5 | The musicians Emerson, Lake and Palmer = These ample names and rock luminaries. |
14 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 4 | Jean Baptiste Camille Corot = Not call it a masterpiece job?! |
Total points: | 206 | from 36 votes (DFE factor: 0.389) |
1 | Rick Rothstein | 36 | Craigslist killer = I strike call-girls. |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 26 | First Lady Michelle Obama meets Queen Elizabeth II = My little familiar squeeze habit becomes headline. |
3 | Scott Gardner | 23 | England's home to ~ the London Games. |
4 | Adie Pena | 21 | Swine flu cases are on the rise = See how it increases funerals. |
5 | David Bourke | 18 | One hundred days of President Obama = Hopes fade, more industry abandoned. |
6 | Rosie Perera | 16 | The annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC = Contains lavish flowering trees and blotchy humans. |
7 | Tony Crafter | 15 | Phil Spector is found guilty of murder in a retrial = Millionaire hits-producer snuffed out party-girl. |
8 | Dan Fortier | 11 | Pontiac's days are numbered = Auto praised by car men ends. |
8 | Meyran Kraus | 11 | Massacre at Immigration Center = Tragic moment... America's in tears. |
8 | Larry Brash | 11 | The swine flu pandemic ~ inflicted humans... weep. |
11 | Paul Pan | 8 | Swine flu ~ flew in us. |
12 | Ellie Dent | 7 | Then I cry, "God's Son ~ dying on the cross." |
13 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 4 | Clare Victoria Balding = I badger victor all I can. |
14 | View | 2 | Massacre in upstate NY = A true panic, nasty mess. |
15 | Jessica S | 1 | Usual weather forecast on a Denver spring day = Regard fate: heavy snow; clouds; sun; rain... repeat! |
Total points: | 210 | from 36 votes (DFE factor: 0.417) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 30 | The Bronte sisters: Charlotte, Emily and Anne = Eternal tales by the stoic Northern maidens. |
2 | Scott Gardner | 28 | The Scottish amateur singer Susan Boyle = Britain's Got Talent: You see she charms us! |
3 | Linus Thoren | 27 | President George Walker Bush = He gets power, dark rule begins. |
4 | Ellie Dent | 26 | Monsieur Claude Oscar Monet = Sun came out: colors remained. |
5 | Adie Pena | 17 | Britain's Got Talent's Susan Boyle = Tiny tube stars global sensation. |
6 | Dharam Khalsa | 15 | Superstar Madonna Louise Ciccone = Rules on adoption can seem a "Circus". |
6 | David Bourke | 15 | Edward Heathcoat-Amory = Oh dear me! What a Tory cad! |
8 | View | 14 | Ginola = In !..G-O-A-L! |
9 | Meyran Kraus | 11 | The Unknown Rebel in the Tiananmen Square protests = A unique, brash person won't let the men enter in tanks. |
9 | Larry Brash | 11 | Edward Theodore Gein = Ogre denied Death Row. |
Total points: | 194 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.294) |
1 | Scott Gardner | 44 | The East African lion = A feline (in short, a cat). |
1 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 44 | The Houses of Parliament = That's one heap of misrule. |
3 | Adie Pena | 22 | The Portuguese Water Dog Club of America = Top Obama wish: Cute four-legged creature. |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 19 | The Serengeti National Park = Great elephant or snake in it. |
5 | Tony Crafter | 18 | A three-pack of Durex condoms = Expand for a cock-sure method! |
6 | Ellie Dent | 17 | The Musee Rodin, Paris, France = I praise some French nude art. |
7 | Crispy | 16 | April Fool's Day = I'll parody oafs. |
8 | View | 13 | 'Gillette' = Gel title. |
9 | Rosie Perera | 11 | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families = Refers to some financial-aid payer system. |
10 | Dharam Khalsa | 5 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea = Europe's proclaimed it block for peace. |
Total points: | 209 | from 36 votes (DFE factor: 0.278) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 56 | Whose accents are these? 1. "Burn da ganja, mo... = 1. Sting's 'Jamaican' 2. An Americanized Hugh... |
2 | Larry Brash | 40 | Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend = Older men, jointly known as The Who, presented it together. |
3 | Dharam Khalsa | 23 | A weird twit who sent ten different puns to alu... ~ that at least a few of the fresh wry puns woul... |
4 | Rosie Perera | 19 | Madame Tussauds unveils wax figure of First Lad... = Surnamed museum adds fairly exact visual image... |
5 | Tony Crafter | 11 | The Latin phrase: 'Semper in excretia, solon pro... = I'm in eternal shit (some unpopular depth vari... |
5 | David Bourke | 11 | The number of Somali pirates killed by each President = Obama: Three blacks up! Other: Nil Definitely impressed! |
7 | View | 10 | Japan is giving thousands of dollars to immigran... = To revive growth, Land of the Rising Sun pays L... |
8 | Adie Pena | 6 | "I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton lo... = See salacious pair? Disapprove kinkiness! Our... |
Total points: | 176 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.250) |
1 | Scott Gardner | 31 | Companion To my heart Inspiration In all her art. |
2 | Adie Pena | 24 | In all its patriot prime, A nation can honor rhyme. |
3 | Christopher Sturdy | 21 | In thirty million, to a man I hear not a proper scan. |
4 | Tony Crafter | 18 | I try: Milton, Ratan, Romeo, Anais Nin, Rich, Plath, Poe! |
5 | David Bourke | 15 | April sonnet? To April, eh? (No, it ain't in March or May!) |
6 | Larry Brash | 14 | No art at all in rap rhyme? That opinion is no crime! |
7 | Ellie Dent | 8 | All rhyme participation: in short, enamor nation. |
8 | Dan Fortier | 7 | Imprint he, a scroll... in rain! Poet honor may attain. |
9 | Dharam Khalsa | 6 | Inspire that in Al Pacino, or homely Mr. Tarantino. |
9 | Rosie Perera | 6 | None! I'm not mailin' Party rhetoric to Sarah Palin. |
11 | Jessica S | 5 | Honor Carl, Plath, or Maya In intent, aim to inspire. |
12 | Paul Laskoski | 4 | Inspiration, ah, pal in time Control an art o' rhyme. |
13 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 3 | I ... I'm Antony, Cleopatra ... Oh, help in intro, Mr. Sinatra! |
13 | Meyran Kraus | 3 | Not a charm in Paris Hilton? Try a pioneer - a Milton! |
13 | View | 3 | Rich or a Rhymester I am not, Not plain - in pain ... a lot! |
16 | Neil Ramsay | 2 | Chant this prayer, A tip to no man nor millionaire. |
17 | Adrian Hickford | 0 | A simpler plain citation - One rhythm-ran oration. |
Total points: | 170 | from 29 votes (DFE factor: 0.586) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 70 | A blind cowboy wanders into an all-girl biker b... = A cowboy went into a Starbucks and ordered a ... |
2 | Larry Brash | 43 | Don't walk behind, for I may not lead. Don't wa... = If at first you do not succeed, aerial skydiv... |
3 | Dharam Khalsa | 27 | Two native Alaskans crouching within a boat wer... ~ with them, in a fireball. It's a new twist on... |
4 | Adie Pena | 21 | A woman found her rotund husband with the fly s... = Quite intrigued, she fussily asked him, "And ... |
Total points: | 161 | from 30 votes (DFE factor: 0.133) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 50 | This sonnet by Shakespeare was anagrammed into a sonnet for Spring with an unusual constraint. |
2 | Adie Pena | 27 | A Prank of a Puzzle |
3 | Tony Crafter | 18 | A Catholic priest, an Indian doctor, a wealthy Chinese businessman and an Australian man... |
4 | Tony Crafter | 16 | ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE. (Words and music by Eric Idle) |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 13 | An adaptation of Phronistery's list of Philosophical Isms. |
6 | Adie Pena | 10 | I DREAMED A DREAM [from Les Miserables] |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 8 | Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein |
8 | Neil Ramsay | 6 | Lambs dance past gray snow. |
9 | Dharam Khalsa | 3 | "Though April showers May come your way... |
10 | View | 0 | Ebony and Ivory |
Total points: | 151 | from 26 votes (DFE factor: 0.385) |
1 | Rick Rothstein | 22 | A high school student: ~ "I'd shag hot cunt holes." |
2 | Christopher Sturdy | 20 | The arse bandit = Behind's a treat. |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 18 | Dryness in the vaginal area = Has a granny tried Vaseline? |
4 | View | 14 | Huge penis = His pee-gun. |
5 | David Bourke | 12 | 'Hustler' - A Larry Flynt Publication = Filthy porn lubricates naturally! |
6 | Paul Laskoski | 11 | A blow job = Ol' jaw bob. |
7 | Paul Pan | 9 | Indecent exposure = Peroxide cunt seen. |
7 | Tony Crafter | 9 | A motherf*cker = Father-mocker. |
7 | Larry Brash | 9 | Indecent exposure = Executed in person. |
10 | Dharam Khalsa | 3 | Incurable sex fiend = Inexcusable friend. |
Total points: | 127 | from 23 votes (DFE factor: 0.435) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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