| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | nedesto | 36 | Top four zoo animals: 1. An elephant 2. Gorilla ... = 1. Tons o' poo 2. Amazing ape 3. Thrilling feli... |
2 | Ivan Andonov | 23 | Mafia raid = I am afraid. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 22 | An eighty-nine year old man = Ah, no... I'm aged nearly ninety! |
4 | Ellie Dent | 14 | Notice you vanished ~ since I don't have you. |
4 | Adie Pena | 14 | The breathalysers ~ harshly test a beer. |
6 | Rick Rothstein | 13 | 'Firm breasts' site? = "First base, mister." |
7 | Dharam Khalsa | 11 | I am the villain of the story = I'm vital for this tale, honey! |
7 | Tyler Severance | 11 | Freedoms ‡ More Feds. |
9 | Meyran Kraus | 8 | The mightiest brain = It meant he is bright! |
10 | Maurice Goddard | 7 | A mental collapse ~ can lame all poets. |
10 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 7 | Online dating service = Divine girls ace on Net. |
12 | Rosie Perera | 6 | Celebrity diets = Secret debility. |
12 | Jason Lofts | 6 | 'Indeterminate sex' = Name intersexed 'It'! |
12 | David Bourke | 6 | Online dating sites = It's "dine a singleton". |
12 | View | 6 | Homicide detective = i.e. Decode the victim. |
12 | Christopher Sturdy | 6 | India exported ~ red oxide paint. |
17 | Ed Pegg Jr | 5 | A master of finance ~ can feast or famine. |
18 | Larry Brash | 2 | Morbid obesity ‡ Boy! Trim bodies! |
Total points: | 203 | from 34 votes (DFE factor: 0.529) |
1 | Jason Lofts | 37 | Cary Grant outed = Actor turned gay. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 31 | Irving Berlin's song 'Lets Face The Music and Dance' = I bet Fred's vocals enchant Ginger in musical's end! |
3 | nedesto | 30 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug = Bilbo means death to this tough foe! |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 17 | The Die Hard movie franchise = The heroic man had five rides. |
5 | Rosie Perera | 15 | Attending theatre school = Does the "learn to act" thing. |
6 | Zdenko | 12 | Vito Andolini Corleone = Evil De Niro on location! |
6 | Christopher Sturdy | 12 | The Bodyguard = Got her a buddy. |
8 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 10 | Candide ou l'Optimisme de Voltaire = I do nom de plume to veil acid satire. |
9 | Dharam Khalsa | 7 | The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling = Judge orphan kid grubby? Not likely! |
9 | Ellie Dent | 7 | The Italian Renaissance Polymath = Alias Leo: this painter may enchant! |
11 | Tyler Severance | 6 | The Masters golf tournament on CBS = Ran the great moments, tons of clubs. |
11 | View | 6 | 'How I Met Your Mother' = Hero without memory? |
13 | Adie Pena | 5 | Likely a screwy, crumbling ~ Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball." |
Total points: | 195 | from 33 votes (DFE factor: 0.394) |
1 | Julian Lofts | 38 | Monty Python reunite to pay off their mortgages = Sort of pithy-potty-humor-generating-money feat |
2 | nedesto | 37 | This rainy, sullen, wet November weather = It's when everyone wants their umbrella! |
3 | Dharam Khalsa | 36 | I recall that yearly hand-made Thanksgiving now = Grandmother, slaving away all day in the kitchen! |
4 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 16 | Francis Bacon's Three Studies of Lucian Freud = Art find has bountiful success in a record fee. |
5 | Adie Pena | 14 | The Super Typhoon Yolanda ~ lays death on the puny poor. |
5 | Jason Lofts | 14 | Giant prehistoric toilet is unearthed = I had a coprolite - interesting shit. True! |
7 | Meyran Kraus | 13 | US made a secret deal with the Iranis = Is that idea the nuclear war's demise? |
8 | Mark Huffman | 9 | Miley Cyrus smokes a joint at European award show = "Can't I try my marijuana weed?" asks solo powerhouse. |
9 | View | 5 | The US Gun Ownership Grows Under Obama's Presidency = In the news: Buyers do drugs, purchasing more weapons. |
9 | Tony Crafter | 5 | The now indigent Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group = Ha! Sent bankrupt by Fred A. Goodwin losing control. |
11 | Ellie Dent | 4 | Sad air in ~ Sardinia. |
12 | Rosie Perera | 3 | Dow closes above 16,000 for the first time = Motto: bliss for a few (16,000) rich devotees. |
13 | Maurice Goddard | 2 | Tsarnaev indicted for weapon of mass destruction = Son's Fate: Die wasted for murder's an apt conviction. |
Total points: | 196 | from 33 votes (DFE factor: 0.394) |
1 | Larry Brash | 47 | The Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford = Moron, or dotty, or off to rehab? |
2 | nedesto | 28 | The Norwegian prodigy Sven Magnus Oen Carlsen = An upset over reigning Anand won me chess glory. |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 28 | Painter Leonardo = An old art pioneer. |
4 | Adie Pena | 14 | René François Ghislain Magritte = I'm creating fresh neat originals. |
5 | Mark Huffman | 13 | Actor Chris Hemsworth = Watch Mr. Thor's heroics. |
6 | Dharam Khalsa | 12 | American actor Walter Bruce Willis ~ will win acclaim as brute terror ace. |
7 | Tony Crafter | 10 | Michael Edward Palin = Handicap? I'm well-read. |
8 | Jason Lofts | 8 | Virginia State Senator Robert Creigh Deeds = Grievance, ire, terror. Son (i.e. the git) stabs Dad. |
8 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 8 | Charles Robert Darwin = Wild era branch sorter. |
8 | View | 8 | Nile Rodgers = Older singer. |
11 | Zdenko | 6 | Fox William Mulder = Mr would mail X-file! |
11 | Christopher Sturdy | 6 | Julia Fiona Roberts = Fair nose job ritual. |
13 | Ellie Dent | 5 | Herr Albert Einstein ~ learnt it's Rhine beer! |
14 | Tyler Severance | 4 | The anointed divine King of Israel = Setting in on a fine hero like David! |
Total points: | 197 | from 33 votes (DFE factor: 0.424) |
1 | Larry Brash | 35 | Google Earth = Goal? Go there! |
2 | Christopher Sturdy | 24 | The Sony Xperia M = A trim, sexy phone. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 20 | UNESCO World Heritage Site Stonehenge, in Wiltshire = We see it there; this glorious, ancient English wonder! |
4 | Ed Pegg Jr | 17 | A southern gentleman ~ means "gun on the alert". |
5 | View | 15 | The Sony Xperia M ~ is my extra phone. |
5 | Rosie Perera | 15 | National Philanthropy Day = Any donation a happy thrill. |
7 | Meyran Kraus | 13 | Tate Modern gallery collections = Come on, sell art I clearly don't get! |
8 | Tyler Severance | 12 | The Skull and Bones Society = Bush linked onto Yale's sect. |
9 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 9 | Le Train á Grande Vitesse = Never at a red signal site. |
10 | Dharam Khalsa | 8 | High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program = Query: Ionosphere ravager? Harmful arctic charge? |
10 | David Bourke | 8 | Colchester General Hospital = "Less cancer" to help their goal. |
12 | Zdenko | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures = Merry guy drew pet lion mascot! |
13 | George Sicherman | 5 | Bobby's Burger Palace = Aye, gobble carbs (burp). |
Total points: | 188 | from 32 votes (DFE factor: 0.406) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 33 | The cast of Monty Python 1. John Marwood Cleese ... = 1. Dejected divorcee 2. Wrote Spamalot 3. J... |
2 | nedesto | 27 | A list of the solar system's eight remaining pl... = 1. A jumpy messenger 2. Authentic love 3. T... |
3 | Dean Mayer | 20 | The three imprisoned girls of the Russian band ... = I'd sure resist the oppression of human rights... |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 18 | EVERY MAN SAYS TO A WOMAN: 1. Hey, you are suc... = WHAT THE CREATURE MOSTLY MEANS: 1. I don't wa... |
5 | Adie Pena | 16 | The Wives of Paul McCartney 1. Linda Eastman ... = 1. Stella's very pleasant mum 2. Love his we... |
5 | Rosie Perera | 16 | I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United S... = As I'll fight to defend it, to guarantee the E... |
7 | Christopher Sturdy | 10 | If all economists were laid end to end, they wo... = A lie so delusional, finances cycle to the moo... |
8 | Dharam Khalsa | 9 | I know you never, ... = TWERK - Ooh, a vulgar view! SELFIE - A lone ... |
8 | Tyler Severance | 9 | Tony Stark Without the Iron Man Suit Genius Bil... = Brilliant path Whoa! money Hey lookout girls Ha... |
8 | Julian Lofts | 9 | Toronto's Mayor McCrack has a problem and so do... = Moron boldly smokes cocaine, made death threats... |
11 | Jason Lofts | 8 | Tsarnaev indicted for a weapon of mass destruct... = Adolescent WMD offender sent to try in US cour... |
12 | Larry Brash | 6 | Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency = Creating a national authority against cruel helpers. |
13 | Maurice Goddard | 5 | Mothers-to-be who snore are more likely to give... = O! Eerie vibrations make the gals' wombs horri... |
14 | Zdenko | 0 | The strongest typhoon of the year slams into Ph... = This strength, hit of noisy storm Haiyan pelts ... |
Total points: | 186 | from 31 votes (DFE factor: 0.452) |
1 | nedesto | 21 | "As a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, how a mammoth amount of knowledge is useful, you poor boob!" |
2 | Tony Crafter | 20 | Do not argue... 'Sin loads!' (Satan) 'Look humble.' (Gandhi) 'Look busy.' (wife) 'Wash up.' (man) 'Woo ... |
3 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 18 | A too-loud fight between a numbskull duo may look a lot more amusing if no egghead swoops with reason. |
3 | Adie Pena | 18 | ... |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 16 | Okay, guess what our one mad fool would soon gag on after he's immodest about knowing it all...humble pie! |
6 | Meyran Kraus | 14 | How do you know if an argument some smug pal makes is losing a debate? The fool would go on about Hitler. |
7 | Ellie Dent | 11 | A little knowledge is dangerous ... but knowledge is power. Ooh, ooh! Summon fight about a famous anomaly! |
8 | David Bourke | 10 | Ok boy, so who? No doubt it's mega-famous (ho ho!) William Tunstall-Pedoe of Anagram Genius / True Knowledge! |
9 | Christopher Sturdy | 9 | Not so gung-ho Dubya: - sought WMD - illegal wars, - took on Bin Laden - wipe out our foe, Islam to make home 'safe' |
9 | Larry Brash | 9 | Opinionated know-all fools are usually wrong. Do go out, ask someone famed who might be astute. Bug him. |
11 | Jason Lofts | 7 | Furious idiot who kens whole gamut howls a lot at me, a Norseman named Olaf spouting EU gobbledygook. |
12 | Rosie Perera | 5 | "I'm not going to argue unless you paid. Offer me gold." "A bum deal. Look, bloke, that was no 5 minutes!" "Was!" "Oh... |
13 | View | 3 | Look, I bet that our oaf-demagogue was 'obliging' woman. They know all the pluses and minuses of our mood. |
14 | Maurice Goddard | 2 | Like a goof I met who was so soaked, in utmost foul language Tony Blair told how he'd been our PM among us! |
15 | Zdenko | 0 | Amok, mad, union stooges - while affable enough - do blather, waste matt words in kopious, ugly monologue. |
Total points: | 163 | from 28 votes (DFE factor: 0.536) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 28 | THINGS TO SAY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT SLEEPING AT YOUR... = REASONS WHY ALCOHOL SHOULD BE PERMITTED IN THE... |
2 | Ellie Dent | 23 | RULES OF CAT ETIQUETTE Determine which guest ... = To get one open, just stand on the hind legs... |
3 | Adie Pena | 20 | THE WHITE ALBUM Side One 1. "Back in the U.S... = Side One 1. Beach Boys proxy? 2. Mia's sib... |
4 | Meyran Kraus | 11 | CAN YOU SOLVE THIS? A hunter walks ten miles ... = HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE? A priest, a ten-in... |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 9 | ... = ... |
6 | nedesto | 8 | A list of the top ten most seriously outstandin... = William's majestically human jovial modality ... |
7 | Tyler Severance | 7 | I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United st... = This nice patriotic hand-to-heart feeling is j... |
8 | Rosie Perera | 6 | Albert Einstein: "If you want your children to ... = Any inferior teenage youth will definitely wa... |
9 | Christopher Sturdy | 4 | "As long as I have any choice in the matter, I ... = The brilliant geezer with iconic hair, inevit... |
10 | View | 0 | Products Shoplifters Love to Steal: Cosmetics ... = Beauty products Embarrassment Easy way t... |
10 | Zdenko | 0 | Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus... = Laxly chairman, topping flack, lauds: "I am r... |
Total points: | 116 | from 20 votes (DFE factor: 0.550) |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 37 | s a tribute to the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address celebrated this November, Lincoln's speech is anagrammed... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 26 | GUNGA DIN By Rudyard Kipling |
3 | Tony Crafter | 18 | THE THINGS MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME. |
4 | Adie Pena | 17 | On November 8, Super Typhoon HAIYAN barrelled through the Philippines, destroying cities and towns in its path. As of th... (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 14 | Forrest Gump Goes to Heaven (old joke) |
6 | Dharam Khalsa | 5 | Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat |
7 | Rosie Perera | 2 | Moses supposes his toeses are roses, |
8 | Zdenko | 1 | Small fruit tree after rain |
Total points: | 120 | from 21 votes (DFE factor: 0.381) |
1 | Dharam Khalsa | 38 | First base, second base, third base, home run = Share embrace, nose breasts, find bush, do it! |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 19 | If a dick is not three inches at best, ~ the chicks aren't satisfied one bit! |
3 | Christopher Sturdy | 17 | A euphemism for oral sex = Sushi Amore, for example. |
4 | nedesto | 16 | An outlandishly strange threesome = Hello mother... sister?... and Aunty Agnes?! |
5 | View | 15 | The horny woman = Hot, raw, no hymen. |
6 | Julian Lofts | 14 | Qatar's 'accidental vagina' stadium = Caveat: A grandstand as a licit quim. |
7 | Zdenko | 10 | He prefers the sixty nine position = His fiery penis tip next to her nose! |
7 | Rick Rothstein | 10 | Passing gas between floors in an elevator = Blast now leaves one tense, gasping for air. |
9 | Adie Pena | 8 | Passing gas in an elevator = A passenger ain't as loving! |
10 | David Bourke | 5 | Tribadist = Birds at it. |
11 | Tony Crafter | 4 | Masturbate in the bath = Beat meat in tub-thrash! |
12 | Tyler Severance | 3 | Her satisfaction = She can fit to a sir. |
Total points: | 159 | from 27 votes (DFE factor: 0.444) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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