GrabThisWord
GrabThisWord Intelligence

The Data
Lab.

We don't just solve puzzles; we dissect them. Explore deep dives into linguistic patterns and difficulty trends derived from our live database.

Featured StudyJanuary 14

Data Study: The Top 10 Hardest Crossword Clues of All Time

Crossword puzzles rely on a mix of trivia, wordplay, and fill-in-the-blanks. But some clues are designed to be purely structural—vague definitions that fit hundreds of different words. We ...

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Our Methodology

How we maintain data integrity and ensure our stats reflect real-world puzzle trends.

Live Ingestion

Our scrapers monitor major puzzle publishers (NYT, LAT, WSJ) daily. Data is normalized to remove formatting errors before entering our analysis pipeline.

Ambiguity Scoring

We calculate the "difficulty" of a clue based on the ratio of unique answers it has historically paired with. High ratios indicate high ambiguity.