| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Rosie Perera | 30 | An apple for the teacher = Real cheap of the parent! |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 25 | A cat is the master of the house = It has to chase after the mouse! |
3 | Tyler Severance | 23 | The old get ~ gold teeth. |
4 | Adie Pena | 22 | Attention seekers ~ take one's interest. |
5 | Jason Lofts | 20 | Here comes Antichrist = The incorrect Messiah. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
6 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 17 | An enlarged prostate = A long pee's retardant. |
7 | Scott Gardner | 16 | A hunger strike = True shrinkage. |
8 | Rick Rothstein | 10 | International diplomacy = I'm potentially draconian. |
9 | nedesto | 9 | Debased = Bad seed! |
10 | Ellie Dent | 7 | Devil is no saint ~ and is into evils. |
11 | Tony Crafter | 6 | Never trust a ~ 'true' servant. |
12 | Larry Brash | 5 | I'm ultra-pissed at ~ martial disputes. |
13 | Julian Lofts | 4 | Lithium carbonate = Hi! Our manic tablet. |
13 | Ed Pegg Jr | 4 | Take a wrong turn = Orangutan twerk. |
15 | Andrew Brehaut | 2 | True depiction = One pictured it. |
15 | Christopher Sturdy | 2 | 'Keep your hands to yourself!' = Sure keen. Too pushy for lady. |
17 | View | 1 | Keep America safe = Fears? I make peace! |
17 | Mark Huffman | 1 | Who's heard of that old idiom "Out of the frying pan, ~ into the fire?" How oft path of doom is hard and ugly! |
17 | Dharam Khalsa | 1 | Why is a Joker in a deck of playing cards? = I end "War", play a sick joke, and cry "Go Fish!" |
Total points: | 205 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.543) |
1 | Adie Pena | 38 | The Simpsons: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie = Matt Groening has made prime roles a big smash! |
2 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 26 | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom = Meek fellow to a grand old man. |
3 | Scott Gardner | 24 | Claude Monet, Springtime = Pictured a single moment. |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 20 | The show Breaking Bad wins the Emmy for drama = The man's hobby of making raw meth is rewarded! |
5 | Christopher Sturdy | 17 | Grand Theft Auto Five for the Playstation = A petrolhead? It's a fat guy in front of the TV! |
6 | Rosie Perera | 14 | The American television series "Breaking Bad" = See a berserk idea: inviting meth lab scenario. |
7 | Mark Huffman | 13 | Miley spanks a dwarf during concert = Cyrus: sing, dance, romp, twerk, and fail. |
8 | Tony Crafter | 11 | The US motion picture 'Behind The Candelabra' is a film ~ about the hidden man in that music pro Liberace's life. |
9 | nedesto | 10 | The Scream, a famous painting by Edvard Munch = Madman's face much overhung in batty despair. |
10 | Dharam Khalsa | 9 | The television series "Breaking Bad" = It's best in seeking dealer behavior. |
10 | Rick Rothstein | 9 | Wide R-Rated scene is so vivid, ~ viewer's discretion advised. |
12 | Ellie Dent | 7 | Claude Monet's La Pie, The Magpie = See a theme: I paint cold plumage! |
12 | Larry Brash | 7 | Viewer discretion advised = Avoid dirtied news service. |
Total points: | 205 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.371) |
1 | Christopher Sturdy | 53 | Air strategy = Target Syria. |
2 | nedesto | 26 | Anthony D. Weiner loses in the Democratic primary = Horrid penis tweet cost him NY mayoral race in end! |
3 | Ellie Dent | 20 | Chemical weapons control = Americans' hollow concept? |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 20 | The United States' foreign policy = It only sits up after the genocide. |
5 | Rick Rothstein | 15 | The Syria government = I try nerve gas on them. |
6 | Rosie Perera | 11 | A strike on Syria? = No! It's risky area. |
6 | Mark Huffman | 11 | Ariel Castro is found dead = Or, a dastard felon suicide. |
6 | Jason Lofts | 11 | Spain: Ronaldo to renew his contract with Real Madrid = Horrid Lothario airs plan: didn't want new soccer team. |
9 | Adie Pena | 9 | The Syrian massacre = The same scary sarin! |
10 | Tony Crafter | 5 | Athlete used a fake penis to beat drugs-in-urine test = I sneaked neat, substitute pee in thru a false todger! |
10 | Julian Lofts | 5 | Navy Yard gunman told police he was hearing voices ~ vividly - Leonard Cohen, Amy Winehouse, scat, gang rap.... |
12 | Tyler Severance | 4 | Assad to give up Syria's weapons cache? = Eye a gas topic so US warships advance. |
13 | Ivan Andonov | 3 | A computer game = More GTA came up! |
13 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 3 | George Soros and Tamiko Bolton = So, girl to bank on Romeo's dotage? |
13 | View | 3 | A strong response to chemical weapons = American Congress wants shoot people? |
13 | Dharam Khalsa | 3 | It's National Pancake Day = A stack? I plan a dainty one. |
17 | Scott Gardner | 2 | Chemical weapons = He saw compliance. |
Total points: | 204 | from 35 votes (DFE factor: 0.486) |
1 | Larry Brash | 54 | Professor Stephen Hawking = He gets known for his papers. |
2 | Adie Pena | 22 | The musician George Harrison = Come. Hear. His guitar reigns on. |
3 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 19 | William Shakespeare = I swear I'll make heaps! |
4 | nedesto | 18 | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad = Nasty Arab heads sarin dispersal. |
4 | Tony Crafter | 18 | Historical, as in ~ Tsar Nicholas II. |
6 | Christopher Sturdy | 15 | David Paradine Frost = TV and radio fades. RIP. |
6 | View | 15 | President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad = O, shady Arab! Disperses fatal sarin. |
8 | Rosie Perera | 8 | National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander ~ can likely attain your texting records. He can, dearie! |
9 | Dharam Khalsa | 7 | The science fiction writer Isaac Asimov = Is that eccentric vision of America wise? |
9 | Julian Lofts | 7 | Dean Barker ~ drank a beer. |
11 | Scott Gardner | 5 | The painter Camille Pissarro = Art career; pointillism phase. |
11 | Meyran Kraus | 5 | The American singer Miley Cyrus = I see cheery girls may turn manic! |
11 | Jason Lofts | 5 | Senator Ted Cruz = Secret A to Z nurd. |
14 | Ellie Dent | 4 | Sir Philip Sidney, an English poet = I pen high poesy, and still inspire. |
15 | Mark Huffman | 1 | Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark = May be crook or fake? "No worry." |
Total points: | 203 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.441) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 37 | I can eliminate halitosis with pure, strong ~ Listerine Original Antiseptic Mouthwash! |
2 | Christopher Sturdy | 30 | Bucket For One = Been to our KFC. |
3 | View | 22 | A Rolls-Royce Celestial Phantom = This really complete saloon car. |
4 | Ivan Andonov | 12 | Taman Negara = Neat anagram. |
4 | nedesto | 12 | The latest iPhone from Apple Inc = Plan at this price left me no hope! |
4 | Ellie Dent | 12 | Washington's Capitol Hill = Now has all things politic. |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 12 | Cadbury snacks = Candybars suck! |
8 | Adie Pena | 10 | The San Francisco Giants = Coaching nine fast stars. |
8 | Julian Lofts | 10 | Lamborghini Egoista ~ is a logo meriting "Bah!" |
10 | Scott Gardner | 9 | Lamborghini Sesto Elemento coupé = Price on the automobile seems long! |
11 | Jason Lofts | 8 | The World Top Ten Billionaires = Their pots end below a trillion. |
12 | Rosie Perera | 7 | Resist Exploitation, Embrace Dignity = I petition city to ban grim sex dealers. |
12 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 7 | World Suicide Prevention Day = Could we try no dive in despair? |
14 | Mark Huffman | 4 | The NASCAR series = As in, there's races. |
14 | Larry Brash | 4 | That is typical! Nuts scorn ~ Consultant Psychiatrist! |
16 | Rick Rothstein | 3 | The Subaru Forester = Her features? Robust! |
17 | Tyler Severance | 0 | The Syrian Electronic Army = They lay in Marines correct? |
Total points: | 199 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.500) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 52 | 10 Plagues of Egypt 1. Blood 2. Frogs 3. Lic... = 10 Blights of Modern Life 1. Cancer 2. Obesi... |
2 | Adie Pena | 23 | Films starring The Beatles* 1. A Hard Day's Ni... = 1. Smart batty lifestyle 2. All merriment 3.... |
3 | Ivan Andonov | 20 | Jewish military leader, Lieutenant General Moshe Dayan = Hailed army gentleman and Israeli with just one real eye. |
4 | nedesto | 18 | This elderly vulture boarded onto this airplane... = Having watched all this, the stewardess detain... |
5 | Scott Gardner | 17 | Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons = The main "police" for the poison gas warfare convention. |
6 | Tony Crafter | 12 | A TOP IDEA! What does a rogue say to terrify h... = "Don't die a virgin, Ghada. Seriously, there a... |
7 | Julian Lofts | 11 | Actor Bryan Cranston is Walter White in topical... = A bastard yet an elite cook brewing crystal me... |
8 | Christopher Sturdy | 10 | International ice-breaker - "Did you watch the g... = Key one-liner; the magic angle. I start to chat... |
9 | Tyler Severance | 9 | Marines do not retreat, they just attack from a... = DOJ fun fact: trained men ready to strike the ... |
10 | Rosie Perera | 6 | "To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric." ... = Eschew pretty art about brood of horrid Nazi w... |
11 | Mark Huffman | 1 | Snips, snails, and puppy dog tails: that's what... = Pet mutilations, nasty blades, gross filth, wa... |
Total points: | 179 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.344) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 35 | This quirky stanza May yield a bonanza Or the wry consequence Could be just two pence I've dug for a week That... |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 27 | ... |
3 | Christopher Sturdy | 19 | ... |
4 | Rosie Perera | 16 | But tut, I've got a quicker method here: Invest! Buy NASDAQ stock when low, Create a buzz, can sell just at peak of year... |
5 | nedesto | 15 | ... |
6 | Adie Pena | 14 | ... |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 10 | ... |
8 | View | 8 | "Decipher the following stanza and you might find a clue: Enjoy treasure quest, check cue. Quo vadis? Away, take bent k... |
8 | Julian Lofts | 8 | Bejeezus! Larry Ellison taunted New Zealand in the America's Cup yacht contest. Kiwi quest quashed by a "cookbook" gyro.... |
10 | Mark Huffman | 5 | 1) Quit stalling. 2) Head west. 3) Ask that one Jew guy. 4) Not him - quote, "usurer dude." 5) Veer into canyon. 6)... |
11 | Ellie Dent | 3 | Hey, if you want 'thrill of a chase' Best decode verse: strong clues abound Watch quake, get quite wet, leave distant Ro... |
Total points: | 160 | from 27 votes (DFE factor: 0.407) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 31 | Why American Football Is Better Than World Foot... = Why World Football Is Better Than American Fo... |
2 | Adie Pena | 28 | SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 1. Sgt. ... = 1. "It was twenty years ago today!" 2. Highl... |
3 | Dharam Khalsa | 24 | A rope walks into a bar. The bartender says, "W... = Assessing the rope's defined waist sash and l... |
4 | Tony Crafter | 19 | The World's Top Ten Billionaires (From The Forb... = 1. All wealthy as hell! 2. 'Mr Microsoft' an... |
5 | Christopher Sturdy | 13 | "I am happy to join with you today in what will... = It's familiar that opening; joy in his words ... |
6 | Jason Lofts | 12 | See these six (sets of) dwarves, ever so eager ... = 1. He is the proud, fit, intuitive saviour Kin... |
7 | Mark Huffman | 7 | Marvel's five African-American super heroes who... = 1) Has pet, Redwing, also a falcon 2) Ruler ... |
7 | Julian Lofts | 7 | "The word of the United States must mean someth... = Most of us cannot feel safe if terrorists rem... |
Total points: | 141 | from 24 votes (DFE factor: 0.333) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 41 | For the 12-year anniversary of 9/11, Emily Dickinson's poem is anagrammed into a 12-line poem about grief and healing w... |
2 | Christopher Sturdy | 40 | Sonnet LIX by William Shakespeare |
3 | Tony Crafter | 23 | One evening, after a night at the theatre, two gentlemen were strolling down the street when they observed a well-dress... |
4 | Tony Crafter | 19 | THE LAST WOLF By Mary TallMountain |
5 | Adie Pena | 12 | Danny Miley Fan's poem "YOU GOT THE MAIN SEAT IN MY HEART" with the acrostic constraint MILEY RAY CYRUS is anagrammed i... |
Total points: | 135 | from 23 votes (DFE factor: 0.217) |
1 | Rick Rothstein | 40 | A foot-long erection = Too large to confine. |
2 | Adie Pena | 23 | The aroused man = Use hand or mate. |
3 | Meyran Kraus | 21 | Why does Liberace have a resemblance to fir trees? = Well, I see they're both scared of American beavers! |
3 | nedesto | 21 | The seventy-three-year-old woman's breasts = Her two stray melons have seen better days! |
5 | Scott Gardner | 18 | Having first time sexual intercourse = True virgin is fortunate she climaxes! |
6 | Tony Crafter | 10 | Tame the beast = Beats the meat. |
7 | View | 8 | The horny woman = Hot 'n' warm honey. |
8 | Josiah Winslow | 6 | A-cup breasts ‡ A superb cast. |
9 | Christopher Sturdy | 5 | The most awkward silence = Withdrew one's slack meat. |
Total points: | 152 | from 26 votes (DFE factor: 0.346) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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