KEALOA #28 – IOTA and MOTE

Words IOTA and MOTE (True KEALOA)

Date 10/24/2023 (Round #1)

Episode 414

Host Brian Cimmet

Players Ryan Hecht (6/10)

Description Suggested by C. S. Simpson.

Answer Alternation 44% (4 answer changes)

Guess Alternation Ryan Hecht: 22% (2 guess changes)

Answer Evenness 72% (IOTA: 8, MOTE: 2)

Guess Evenness Ryan Hecht: 97% (IOTA: 4, MOTE: 6)

Avg Clue Age 11 years, 11 months, 17 days

Brian Cimmet Brian Cimmet
Ryan Hecht Ryan Hecht

Clues

The crossword clues presented in this round with their answers and guess results.

# Day Puzzle Date Constructors Editor Clue # Clue Text Answer Ryan Hecht
1 Fri 10/20/2023 Jacob McDermott Will Shortz 50A Particle IOTA ✗ MOTE
2 Sun 5/6/2018 Brendan Emmett Quigley Will Shortz 113D Tiny bit MOTE ✓ MOTE
3 Sun 9/18/1994 Merl Reagle Will Shortz 105A Teeny bit IOTA ✓ IOTA
4 Mon 7/1/2019 Damon J. Gulczynski Will Shortz 40D Wee bit IOTA ✓ IOTA
5 Mon 8/30/1999 Margaret Watson Will Shortz 51D Least bit IOTA ✓ IOTA
6 Thu 2/10/1994 Manny Nosowsky Will Shortz 47A Just a bit IOTA ✓ IOTA
7 Wed 5/11/2011 Jonah Kagan Will Shortz 52D Itsy-bitsy bit IOTA ✗ MOTE
8 Fri 6/12/2015 David Steinberg Will Shortz 1A Minute bit MOTE ✓ MOTE
9 Mon 9/28/2020 Lynn Lempel Will Shortz 57D Smidgen IOTA ✗ MOTE
10 Sun 1/3/2021 Paolo Pasco Will Shortz 39D Scintilla IOTA ✗ MOTE