Count of Shortz Era answers by length
Count shows the number of unique entries for each length.
Occurrences shows the total number of times answers of that length have appeared.
| Length | Count | Occurrences | Ratio |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 % |
| 2 | 14 | 15 | 93 % |
| 3 | 2,674 | 128,992 | 2 % |
| 4 | 6,860 | 203,000 | 3 % |
| 5 | 12,103 | 154,927 | 8 % |
| 6 | 15,297 | 81,975 | 19 % |
| 7 | 16,588 | 50,856 | 33 % |
| 8 | 13,670 | 27,699 | 49 % |
| 9 | 10,127 | 15,682 | 65 % |
| 10 | 7,653 | 10,877 | 70 % |
| 11 | 5,189 | 6,471 | 80 % |
| 12 | 2,853 | 3,220 | 89 % |
| 13 | 2,747 | 3,092 | 89 % |
| 14 | 1,901 | 2,073 | 92 % |
| 15 | 5,535 | 7,482 | 74 % |
| 16 | 548 | 566 | 97 % |
| 17 | 400 | 413 | 97 % |
| 18 | 258 | 264 | 98 % |
| 19 | 193 | 194 | 99 % |
| 20 | 147 | 149 | 99 % |
| 21 | 388 | 391 | 99 % |
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 100 % |
| 23 | 58 | 58 | 100 % |
| 24 | 9 | 9 | 100 % |
| 25 | 7 | 7 | 100 % |
| 26 | 1 | 1 | 100 % |
| 27 | 1 | 1 | 100 % |
| 28 | 3 | 3 | 100 % |
| 29 | 1 | 1 | 100 % |
| 30 | 1 | 1 | 100 % |
| 32 | 1 | 1 | 100 % |
| 34 | 1 | 1 | 100 % |
| 35 | 2 | 2 | 100 % |
| 36 | 2 | 2 | 100 % |
| 42 | 1 | 1 | 100 % |
| 50 | 1 | 1 | 100 % |
| 52 | 1 | 1 | 100 % |
| Total | 105,258 | 698,451 | 15 % |