| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 37 | Set in one's ways = "New" isn't so easy. |
2 | Scott Gardner | 31 | Thou shalt not commit adultery = It commandeth to halt your lust. |
3 | Ellie Dent | 28 | My favourite things? = First, having met you! |
4 | Dean Mayer | 24 | An abortion procedure = Eradicate poor unborn. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
5 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 19 | Identical twin brothers = We cloned traits in birth. |
6 | nedesto | 15 | One's landlady = Sad and lonely. |
7 | Adie Pena | 12 | Medical cannabis = I'm basic and clean! |
8 | Mark Huffman | 9 | Do a run-~ around. |
9 | View | 8 | Cantaloupe = No cal; eat up! |
10 | Larry Brash | 7 | An androgynous model = Man. No, lady. Sure? God, no! |
11 | Christopher Sturdy | 5 | Leadership training course = Cadets I hire learn in groups. |
12 | Julian Lofts | 4 | Requiescat in pace = Quiet - can cease. RIP. |
13 | Tyler Severance | 3 | No events ~ seen on TV. |
14 | Rosie Perera | 1 | No escaping a strong ~ non-aggression pact. |
14 | Dharam Khalsa | 1 | Octogenarian: ~ "Eat organic? No!" |
16 | George Sicherman | 0 | Vanilla Ice Cream Cone = Venial, Caloric Menace. |
Total points: | 204 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.471) |
1 | Ellie Dent | 33 | Wilfred Owen's Anthem for Doomed Youth = So they mourn men led off to war ... who died. |
2 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 27 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes = Hired sleuth shall corner so many crooks. |
3 | Adie Pena | 21 | Lady Chatterley's Lover = The very racy doll's tale. |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 20 | Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace" = Tale's now a loved screenplay, too. |
5 | View | 18 | Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace = A cool way to rest and sleep. |
6 | Mark Huffman | 17 | Henry Cavill's "Man of Steel" = "S" on chest. Fly, alien marvel! |
7 | Meyran Kraus | 16 | "Bieber sang on stage!" ~ a teenager's sobbing. |
8 | nedesto | 15 | TV series All in the Family = Mainly leftish relatives. |
9 | Christopher Sturdy | 11 | The Corpse Bride animated film = Tim B.'s feted necrophilia dream. |
10 | Scott Gardner | 9 | Impression, soleil levant = O simple loveliness in art! |
11 | Tony Crafter | 8 | The Royal Variety Performances ~ mean yearly |
12 | Eric Harshbarger | 6 | Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There = Charles Dodgson? Ah, inking, he wrote a thoughtful tale. |
13 | Tyler Severance | 3 | Washington Crossing the Delaware = G.W. contained Hessians' large worth. |
Total points: | 204 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.382) |
1 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 44 | President Nelson Mandela = Spent old man lies near end. |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 26 | The Sopranos actor James Gandolfini = Major loss of great thespian and icon. |
3 | Ellie Dent | 21 | Mr E. Snowden = Modern news. |
4 | View | 16 | Assad's Syrian regime = See my sarin-gas raids! |
5 | Rob Bretveld | 13 | Defense Of Marriage Act = Gain freedom after case. |
6 | Scott Gardner | 11 | National Security Agency PRISM program = Spying on Americans? I am greatly corrupt! |
6 | Rosie Perera | 11 | Senate passes sweeping immigration reform bill = Masses glimpse better life; imagine no war, prison. |
8 | Dharam Khalsa | 10 | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela = Oh, no! All learn head man's ill. |
8 | nedesto | 10 | Can court forsake same-gender husband/wife set? = U.S. Defense of Marriage Act has been struck down! |
10 | Tony Crafter | 9 | The Syrian Government has used chemical weapons = Nerve gas was employed? "No!" I screech; "that's inhuman." |
11 | Jason Lofts | 6 | Rohani wins Iranian Presidency = Darn! New hairy Persian icon is in. |
12 | Tyler Severance | 5 | The Supreme Court overturns Defense of Marriage Act = Future eased, Homo partners free to circumvent gears. |
12 | Christopher Sturdy | 5 | Mark Carney is the Governor of The Bank of England = On a fat fee - Thank Lord Mervyn King; charge Osborne. |
12 | David Bourke | 5 | Rafael Nadal goes out in the first round of Wimbledon = Dago off...a damn terrible failure in southwest London. |
15 | Julian Lofts | 4 | Gandolfini funeral a Sopranos-style send-off = NY-Italian opera. Felons, godsons, ruffled fans. |
15 | Adie Pena | 4 | Cook Nigella Lawson and adman Charles Saatchi = A tall London man was in a rage; choked a chic lass. |
17 | Rick Rothstein | 3 | Mile-wide tornadoes = O me, now it's deadlier! |
18 | Mark Huffman | 0 | Actor James Gandolfini dead at fifty-one = Tragic day. Fie to end of NJ's late mafia don! |
Total points: | 203 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.529) |
1 | Adie Pena | 42 | I hate sharks and ~ the Kardashians. |
2 | Dean Mayer | 28 | Diego Forlan ~ fired on goal. |
3 | George Sicherman | 27 | Robert Louis Stevenson ~ sent one Silver to rob us. |
4 | Scott Gardner | 19 | The Russian writer Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy = I'll insist your novels there are way too thick! |
5 | nedesto | 10 | Spaniard Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez = Oils' dazzlings dared pique our every avid gaze. |
5 | Jason Lofts | 10 | François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande = Aggressor leading France's colonial horde. |
7 | Rosie Perera | 9 | Iranian president elect Hassan Rouhani = Is he a tender U.S. pal in non-Christian area? |
7 | View | 9 | Colombo = Cool mob. |
9 | Rob Bretveld | 8 | TV personality Paula Deen = Opined: "Servant? Eat up, y'all!" |
10 | John Fidler | 7 | Edward Snowden ~ wended onwards. |
10 | Ellie Dent | 7 | Erdogan ~ raged on. |
12 | Dharam Khalsa | 6 | Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson = Born, verse bouts, funeral, to soil. |
13 | Zoran Radisavlevic | 5 | Miami Heat superstar LeBron "King" James= James takes NBA ring, he is pure immortal! |
13 | Mark Huffman | 5 | High-wire artist Nik Wallenda = Aerialist lad: grin, think "Whew!" |
15 | Tony Crafter | 4 | Wendi Deng = Wed ending! |
16 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 3 | Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson = An all-shine sales act and a chow girl. |
16 | Meyran Kraus | 3 | Hatfield and McCoy clans = Conflicted and may clash. |
18 | Christopher Sturdy | 2 | Eustache Dauger is 'The Man In The Iron Mask'= See a human redneck? Oh I imagine that's rust! |
19 | Julian Lofts | 0 | The Hatfields and McCoys = Dads smite, chafe to lynch. |
Total points: | 204 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.559) |
1 | nedesto | 36 | Worlds best-selling autos: 1. Model T 2. Beet... = 1. Cool roadsters 2. One little bug 3. Well-... |
2 | Adie Pena | 30 | National Security Agency = I can trace any guilty ones. |
3 | Neil Ramsay | 23 | iTunes.com = Music note. |
4 | Tony Crafter | 15 | The Russian Embassy, Kensington Palace Gardens = A Russki secret agents' spy-base in England? Oh man! |
5 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 14 | The British Isles ‡ The Irish bless it. |
5 | Meyran Kraus | 14 | International Flat Earth Society = No, their tale's not a reality, in fact! |
7 | David Bourke | 9 | The InterContinental Shimao, Shanghai = The night on a mattress in a hole in China. |
7 | View | 9 | The Defense of Marriage Act = Hate for 'same-gender'? Face it! |
9 | Tyler Severance | 8 | Department of Homeland Security = Patriots deemed half countrymen. |
9 | Hans-Peter Reich | 8 | National Security Agency ~ is acutely tracing anyone. |
11 | Rosie Perera | 7 | The Transcontinental Railroad = Car ran, then rolled in at station. |
11 | Eric Harshbarger | 7 | National Security Agency surveillance = Unceasing, analytic, nosy, clue retrieval. |
13 | Julian Lofts | 6 | Crystal Methamphetamine = Myth: A mental escape. Mirth! |
14 | Scott Gardner | 5 | United States Open = A top tennis set due. |
14 | George Sicherman | 5 | Grand Central Terminal = Tall, darn grim entrance. |
16 | Josiah Winslow | 4 | Eating at Red Lobster = Old brine, great taste. |
17 | Dharam Khalsa | 2 | National Security Agency = A US contingency? A reality! |
18 | Mark Huffman | 1 | The Declaration of Independence = Encode the nation, faded pen relic! |
19 | Christopher Sturdy | 0 | The Care Quality Commission = No lot may criticise 'em. Quash! |
Total points: | 203 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.559) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 51 | THE SEVEN CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD 1. Africa 2... = 1. Oh man, I'm hot! 2. A pariah 3. A future ... |
2 | nedesto | 30 | ... = Gollum and nine knights all endanger hobbit on... |
3 | Christopher Sturdy | 18 | The statesmen Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, Davi... = A team voted them: Mad Russian Black America... |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 16 | When I was a rich man, I could say that my debt... = Well, since the economy crashed, I can say tha... |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 15 | To the Optimist, Pessimist and Realist, As al... ~ I drank the cool beverage myself...with a lime... |
6 | Scott Gardner | 13 | Five cutest animals: 1. Fennec fox 2. Philipp... = 1. Africa natives 2. Lean primates 3. In dan... |
7 | Ellie Dent | 9 | Quite a Dilemma: You're a photographer, contr... = You can save him, ... |
7 | View | 9 | The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus = Horror - a very resistant, deadly, monstrous epidemic. |
9 | Adie Pena | 6 | The Most Popular Candy Bars* 5. Milky Way 4. ... = 5. In my pants pocket 4. Buyers want sugar ru... |
10 | Rosie Perera | 5 | The most controversial article in all of Englis... = I see writers still weigh it, responding, "Is ... |
11 | Julian Lofts | 4 | Acrobat to tightrope-walk across gorge near Gra... = Ooh! Gasp! A rock wire act. Terror! Can't stan... |
11 | Tyler Severance | 4 | We hold these truths to be self evident that al... = The lettered document shows the narrative labe... |
13 | Mark Huffman | 0 | Killer James Holmes pleads not guilty by reason... = Insane: let sly "Joker" out! So, my bias? Send... |
Total points: | 180 | from 30 votes (DFE factor: 0.433) |
1 | Dharam Khalsa | 39 | Minor or big Events Move fast, Or slog and Rerun -- Yet, I forget. |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 26 | "Voters are born senile. It's a gift from God." (Your government) |
3 | Dean Mayer | 21 | So very frustrating for old ager to be given senior moment. |
4 | nedesto | 16 | I lost my first neuron for overdoing strong beverage, mate! |
5 | Rosie Perera | 12 | Aged over forty, urgent moments regress far into oblivion. |
6 | Tyler Severance | 10 | I forgot to vote on embarrassing referendum. It's very long. |
7 | Tony Crafter | 9 | (aloud) "I've got Y-Fronts on...! (soft) "Or a G-string...?" I never remember. |
8 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 8 | No more! Got trusted brain in Google's server! (Man Over Fifty) |
9 | Larry Brash | 6 | To try off drugs? Never! Most boring! No regret! I love amnesia! |
9 | View | 6 | Observation: angry men or evil minds forget to forget. Sure! |
9 | Adie Pena | 6 | Virgin sorts are not even going to remember your old staff. |
12 | Mark Huffman | 5 | No! Grim, bad slurs I never met Not easy to forgive nor forget. |
13 | Ellie Dent | 4 | Veterans remember; ruing loss of good, try in vain to forget. |
14 | David Bourke | 3 | I struggle to ever get a "Nom" in, voters...for my brain's done for! |
14 | Maurice Goddard | 3 | Not so regarding my first fervent amorous love!" (Git on beer) |
16 | Christopher Sturdy | 2 | Remember - Not so very good at retaining stuff or resolving! |
17 | Josiah Winslow | 1 | You never forget to bring in reserves...Damn, I almost forgot. |
17 | George Sicherman | 1 | I do not remember rotten griefs, goofy vagrant revulsions. |
Total points: | 178 | from 30 votes (DFE factor: 0.600) |
1 | Ellie Dent | 34 | A CAT'S DIARY ... = There was an assembly of their accomplices to... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 33 | A game warden spotted a guy carrying two bucket... = An engineer was crossing the road one day, wh... |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 24 | ... = ... |
3 | Dharam Khalsa | 24 | A man goes into a pet shop, wanting to buy a bi... = "Well, he can play any Paganini concerto you... |
5 | Adie Pena | 20 | TOP TEN CARTOON CHARACTERS* 10. Rocky and Bull... = 10. Furry one, moose 9. Checkpoint: Road Run... |
6 | Mark Huffman | 10 | Top five highest-grossing films, adjusted for i... = 1) Stiff Southern widow drama. 2) Na'vi figh... |
7 | Julian Lofts | 8 | Eight Inhalational (mask), injectable (IV) anaes... = Cabal: 1. Oil of vitriol 2. A refrigerant coo... |
8 | naturegirl | 0 | Tale: for the sake of "ID Self Check-Out", one ... = That cool caffeinated fox barbarically weeded... |
Total points: | 153 | from 26 votes (DFE factor: 0.308) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 61 | Dante Gabriel Rossetti's sonnet 'The Vase of Life' anagrammed into a sonnet about a Ming Vase with two relevant constrai... |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 27 | The Longest Joke in the World (correct me if it's not) |
3 | Jason Lofts | 19 | Anthem For Doomed Youth |
4 | Tony Crafter | 18 | AN AUSSIE RECRUIT'S FIRST LETTER HOME. |
5 | Adie Pena | 10 | Ann McGough's ... |
5 | Tony Crafter | 10 | A RED, RED ROSE by Robert Burns |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 4 | I and Pangur Ban, my cat... |
Total points: | 149 | from 25 votes (DFE factor: 0.280) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 42 | One steel vibrator = Lover on batteries! |
2 | Christopher Sturdy | 24 | Her great big tits = I get tighter bras. |
3 | Mark Huffman | 21 | Weird case of unseen farts = Underwear stains of feces. |
4 | nedesto | 19 | Wanking one ~ on wakening. |
5 | Tyler Severance | 7 | Gluteus Minimus = I Mum "genius lust". |
5 | Adie Pena | 7 | Montagues and Capulets = As one spud met a cunt gal! |
7 | View | 3 | Girls seduction = Do girlies cunts. |
Total points: | 123 | from 23 votes (DFE factor: 0.304) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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