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It's interesting that word length emerges as such a clear proxy for difficulty. I often find it easier to think of a longer word or phrase (assuming no wordplay) than something short and obscure -- the parameter space is much smaller. Also interesting to see the step increase between Thursday and Friday. This finding is consistent with my anecdotal experiences, but I doubt it's deliberate on the part of the editors.…
It's interesting that word length emerges as such a clear proxy for difficulty. I often find it easier to think of a longer word or phrase (assuming no wordplay) than something short and obscure -- the parameter space is much smaller. Also interesting to see the step increase between Thursday and Friday. This finding is consistent with my anecdotal experiences, but I doubt it's deliberate on the part of the editors.…
Frequency of words by string length: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/229065838_fig1_Figure-1-...