| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Rick Rothstein | 51 | Suicide note = I used it...once! |
2 | Christopher Sturdy | 19 | Fruit and vegetables = Fibre (and a svelte gut). |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 17 | So, in the man's eyes, ~ "No" is "She meant yes"? |
4 | Ivan Andonov | 14 | Soldier in 'Nam = I remain on LSD. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
4 | Ellie Dent | 14 | Lose forests = Loss of trees. |
6 | Tom Myers | 13 | iTunes card = Sure ain't CD. |
7 | Jesse Frankovich | 11 | Polo teams = Pool mates. |
8 | View | 10 | Embryologist = Biology's term. |
9 | Rosie Perera | 9 | Direct marketing = Trade tricking me. |
9 | Dean Mayer | 9 | Sectarian violence at soccer games = See a Celtic v Rangers team occasion. |
11 | Tony Crafter | 7 | German ale = Lager name. |
11 | nedesto | 7 | Dedication = I did at once. |
13 | Larry Brash | 6 | The confessional = Cleanse of hot sin. |
14 | David Bourke | 5 | Astute minds = Students' aim. |
15 | Adie Pena | 4 | A confession = Face sin soon! |
15 | Harshal M | 4 | Dishonest = Do the sins. |
17 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 3 | A stretch limousine = Some car I shuttle in. |
18 | Dharam Khalsa | 2 | Old pies ~ spoiled. |
18 | Ed Pegg Jr | 2 | Up to your ears in debt = Rope-bound austerity. |
Total points: | 207 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.543) |
1 | Larry Brash | 36 | Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush star in "The Kings S... = S.. s.. sorry.. ar.. it.. its.. not.. er.. f..... |
2 | Dean Mayer | 28 | American sitcoms = Semi-manic actors. |
3 | Ellie Dent | 18 | 'The Mona Lisa' by Leo = Oh, a notable smiley? |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 18 | Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" = Regal in its tunes and words. |
5 | Harshal M | 14 | Monty Python & the Holy Grail = Mythology play in the north. |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 14 | Oscar-Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" series = We see true sea colors and mistier lilacs. |
7 | Ivan Andonov | 13 | Star Wars: Episode Three - Revenge of the Sith = There I see where Vader's forgotten his past! |
8 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 12 | Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson = A boy tossed in barrel notes Silver's untrue |
8 | Tony Crafter | 12 | Novel, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe = Coherent tome is the 'ban-slavery' bible, we concur. |
8 | nedesto | 12 | "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn" = Bearers of heavy newborn loss. |
11 | Christopher Sturdy | 6 | "The film 'Sex and the City II' = Synthetic life mix I hated". |
11 | Rosie Perera | 6 | International Weightlifting Federation = Athlete: If trained, I lift a ton, ergo winning. |
13 | Adie Pena | 5 | "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" = Hey, see when Oliver utters common line to Stan. Gee! |
13 | View | 5 | 'Electric Light Orchestra' band = All graced the British concert. |
15 | David Bourke | 0 | Elton John's lyricist Bernard Taupin = Just a Lincolnshire barn rodent. Pity! |
Total points: | 199 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.441) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 31 | The US Representative Anthony D. Weiner = Your penis? Never send her THAT in a tweet! |
2 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 22 | Space Shuttle Endeavour ~ couldn't have repeat uses. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 17 | Duchess of York admits: "I'm on the verge of bankruptcy." = More muck spoken by Fergie for tidy TV cash handouts. |
3 | Ed Pegg Jr | 17 | Staged a protest = Spotted teargas. |
5 | Adie Pena | 16 | Democrat Anthony D. Weiner = Women reacted: "Tiny hard-on!" |
6 | Harshal M | 14 | Solstice = It's close. |
7 | Dean Mayer | 13 | The ongoing sectarian rioting in Ulster = Gnostics are turning religion into hate. |
8 | Christopher Sturdy | 12 | A disgusting orgy of serial male infidelity = Daily Mail do see fit to ruin Ryan Giggs's life. |
9 | nedesto | 10 | June's national potty training awareness month = Parents join nanny as ungrown aims at the toilet. |
9 | David Bourke | 10 | Cadbury's Dairy Milk Bliss chocolate = Sure similar to chic black lady's body! |
9 | Ivan Andonov | 10 | Singer Amy Winehouse = I see your new shaming. |
12 | Ellie Dent | 7 | Wimbledon Tennis Championships, held annually = Climb Henman Hill, and who supplies tension? Andy! |
13 | Rosie Perera | 6 | Sarah Palin's email to be released = Read "I hate liberals!" as one sample. |
14 | View | 5 | The first total lunar eclipse of the year = Earth truly tips on face of her satellite. |
14 | Dharam Khalsa | 5 | Los Alamos County issues mandatory evacuation = Ominous soot usually means, "Vacate in cars, today!" |
14 | Rick Rothstein | 5 | Democratic US Representative Anthony Weiner = American inserts nude, ever racy photo in tweet. |
17 | Rob Bretveld | 4 | Lebron, Wade, and Bosh = Ha! Bold NBAers owned! |
18 | Larry Brash | 2 | Jackass star Ryan Matthew Dunn, 34 = Drank 43 cans, may just answer that. |
Total points: | 206 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.514) |
1 | View | 57 | Don Corleone = No one colder. |
2 | Ivan Andonov | 41 | Sarah Louise Palin, the former Alaskan governor = She's like a proven antihero for all our anagrams. |
3 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 32 | Nikolas Wallenda = Lad walks on a line. |
4 | Tony Crafter | 23 | Sofia Villani Scicolone (The actress Sophia Loren) = An A-lister icon Carlo Ponti chose as his life's love. |
5 | Meyran Kraus | 15 | Mrs. Sarah Louise Palin = Rise in a poll harms USA. |
6 | Adie Pena | 12 | The American actor Alfredo Pacino = An ideal or top character of cinema. |
7 | Ellie Dent | 10 | The actor Peter Falk = Cop talk thereafter. |
7 | nedesto | 10 | Thomas Alva Edison = Man avoids Tesla. Oh! |
9 | Rob Bretveld | 7 | Adam and Jamie of Mythbusters = Job made a mess, may find a truth. |
10 | Rosie Perera | 5 | Junrey Balawing of Sindangan in the Philippines = It's plain he's happy being a junior elf and winning. |
11 | Dharam Khalsa | 0 | Casey Marie Anthony = A sane mother? Nay, icy! |
11 | Alconcalcia | 0 | Ayman al-Zawahiri = "Hail a war! I am zany!" |
Total points: | 212 | from 36 votes (DFE factor: 0.333) |
1 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 48 | The Acropolis of Athens = Honor a slice of the past. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 36 | 'Hill Top', Beatrix Potter's house in Ambleside, Cumbria = Exhibit Peter Rabbit's old home as a nice tourism pull. |
3 | Harshal M | 19 | The United Nations = It needs that union! |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 18 | The World Health Organization = To warn Zaire on high death toll. |
5 | Rosie Perera | 16 | National Search Dog Foundation = A canine goal: do hunt, find a torso. |
6 | Meyran Kraus | 13 | The NASCAR team = Names that race. |
6 | Adie Pena | 13 | The Sun and Daily Mail tabloid newspapers = Odd nitwit appeal: Unashamedly brainless! |
8 | Christopher Sturdy | 11 | United States Starship Enterprise = 'Ants' represent Earth's stupidities. |
9 | nedesto | 10 | The World Wrestling Federation = "Wow!" for thrilled ring attendees. |
10 | Ivan Andonov | 7 | The Hereditary Disease Foundation = Yes, I aid the dead father/son routine. |
Total points: | 191 | from 33 votes (DFE factor: 0.303) |
1 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 38 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" ~ had cool Baker St. sleuth in hunt for Devonshire slayer |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 25 | Conspiracy Theories: Roswell crash Footage o... = Hoaxes: Voting machine results Lost Weapons... |
3 | Larry Brash | 23 | Month Python's comedy films: 1. The Holy Grail... = 1. Eager high noblemen's folly, 2. Faith in ... |
4 | David Bourke | 21 | Scientists advise that Viagra might cause sudde... = David uses it, he discovers "At last! I can't ... |
5 | Meyran Kraus | 14 | Republican Michele Bachmann made a gaffe recent... = A great flub, because it isn't John Wayne's pl... |
6 | View | 13 | Endeavour ends the final mission with smooth landing = So, main shuttle now home and finished in doing travels |
7 | Tony Crafter | 11 | THE TOP 5 BRAIN-HEALTH FOODS 1. Wild salmon 2... = 1. Angered, boned fish. 2. Oh, wow! 5 chocola... |
8 | Harshal M | 9 | "Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Foun... = This healthy book gets going through that huge... |
8 | Ellie Dent | 9 | A verse from the pen of zany Spike Milligan, f... = I left my shoes and socks there I wonder if ... |
10 | Tom Myers | 8 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader = Three Child heroes' navy of one defeat an arrogant witch. |
11 | Adie Pena | 7 | Following bunches of vehement parents downright... = "Top five worst people of all time: Adolph Hit... |
12 | Ivan Andonov | 4 | Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio ... = Lovely old Azteca breed surges in a nice broad... |
13 | Ember Nickel | 3 | Star Wars Prequel Trilogy: The Phantom Menace A... = Other fancy gems? Perfect rocket movie plots? ... |
14 | nedesto | 2 | "Suppose the chariot of the sun were given you, ... = Watch me whip hooves! I'd upward push Eos, unfe... |
Total points: | 187 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.438) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 52 | [A poem in which a sun is drawn when every letter of the word JUNE is lit up] ... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 34 | Are you joking? It would mean that I'd wallow in a deathly world of eternal Wimbledon matches! Unwise. ... |
3 | Dharam Khalsa | 21 | ... |
4 | Harshal M | 17 | ... |
5 | Larry Brash | 15 | What? Every day would be like nights in the middle of winter in Australia? No! We would now almost welcome January. |
6 | David Bourke | 12 | The ideal month I'd truly welcome! A win/win...for we would avoid May's bleak weather and a sweltering sun in July too! |
7 | Rob Bretveld | 6 | Cub fans think we'll win it all, dream won't just die annually. I show everyone at Wrigley how we aid our doomed team. |
7 | Ember Nickel | 6 | (Midwest USA): We would walk and enjoy wind energy. Lunar hours, however? In late daytime, I bet I'll fail to watch moo... |
9 | Ivan Andonov | 5 | Wow, you will read a so damn joyful thought, but we know well climate ain't the very same in Ireland, India or Sweden. |
9 | Christopher Sturdy | 5 | You'd see sly men who enjoy the allure of viewing 'natural talent bikini art' on www.swimwear.com huddled at a lido. |
11 | View | 4 | Wow, God! It will be like May! What endless summer - join eternal heat without a cloud, no wind, no rain... Every day a... |
11 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 4 | Well, without a winter "football" side, just heavenly: No deadly hurricane wind, women in swimwear to make you glad! |
13 | Ellie Dent | 3 | A joyful Eden running water in meadow - I swallow, and melt. A cloudless view in a heady homily - work better, wi... |
13 | Adie Pena | 3 | Well, it will just be the usual day one of school any time with every new and unaware kid wanting a worried old mom. |
15 | nedesto | 1 | With a "Yeehaw!", dim wayward louts would enjoy unlimited illegal-fireworks-combat into eternal sundown. Heaven! |
15 | Rosie Perera | 1 | A rueful day. We would have no snow. I wouldn't get to downhill ski. Me, swim?! I'd only remain abjectly in the water ar... |
Total points: | 189 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.500) |
1 | Harshal M | 40 | The Washington Post holds an annual word compet... = So just as before, go approach and explore be... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 33 | A MAN'S ROLE A Man is a woman's best friend. ... = A WOMAN'S AILMENT An anxious brunette went ... |
3 | Ellie Dent | 31 | HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT MEN AND BOYS AND, I HOPE, BE... = A GUIDE TO HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT WOMEN AND TO BE... |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 22 | ... |
5 | nedesto | 13 | Space: The final frontier These are the voyage... = Wanting to be a ceaseless visionary, when Rodd... |
6 | Adie Pena | 8 | TOP 10 WEDDING MOVIES 1 My Big Fat Greek Weddin... = ... |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 6 | The Sarah Palin emails you would NOT see put in... = Re: Running Mate Offer From: Senator John McC... |
Total points: | 153 | from 27 votes (DFE factor: 0.259) |
1 | David Bourke | 38 | A list of 90 key facts about The Duke of Edinburgh |
2 | Tony Crafter | 23 | 50 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE ROYAL WEDDING |
2 | Harshal M | 23 | Sonnet 18 is anagrammed into four short poems discussing each of the four seasons. |
4 | Ember Nickel | 12 | Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind |
5 | nedesto | 11 | Fire and Ice |
6 | Dharam Khalsa | 9 | All in June by William Henry Davies |
7 | Christopher Sturdy | 8 | I know a bank where the wild thyme blows |
8 | Adie Pena | 5 | The first half of the first stanza of Paul Verlaine's Chanson d'automne was broadcast by the Allies over Radio Londres i... |
9 | Dean Mayer | 4 | Life's a bitch, And then you die |
Total points: | 133 | from 23 votes (DFE factor: 0.391) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 34 | Huge motorcar to magnify one's penis? = You are compensating for something. |
2 | View | 20 | He slept with her and her, and her = Ha! The shrewd philanderer, then. |
3 | Adie Pena | 18 | The actresses Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren = So clear these Italian ladies prolong big hard-ons! |
4 | Ivan Andonov | 15 | The triple ass penetration = Trap three penises in total. |
4 | nedesto | 15 | Workplace romances = Men clasp a coworker. |
6 | Tony Crafter | 13 | Duchess of York admits, "I am on the verge of b... = Cranky Fergie sobs to TV host: "Yah, I'm fucke... |
7 | David Bourke | 9 | Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley = Ooh, really nice! (With genuine tits). |
8 | Christopher Sturdy | 8 | Paragon of virtue ‡ A true raving poof! |
9 | Tom Myers | 4 | Slutty women = Two lusty men. |
Total points: | 136 | from 24 votes (DFE factor: 0.375) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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