Cryptic crossword

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Cryptic crossword

Quality:

Cryptic crossword - crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle in and of itself. Article “Cryptic crossword” in English Wikipedia has 76.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 101 references and 43 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Cryptic crossword” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Cryptic crossword”, its content was written by 274 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 454 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 118 times in English Wikipedia and cited 236 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #2809 in March 2003
  • Global: #6145 in March 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #76703 in December 2013
  • Global: #108129 in June 2008

There are 7 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Cryptic crossword
76.3718
2Hebrew (he)
תשבץ היגיון
33.3084
3Finnish (fi)
Piilosana
25.4245
4Hungarian (hu)
Kriptikus keresztrejtvény
25.3219
5Portuguese (pt)
Palavra cruzada críptica
18.4461
6Dutch (nl)
Cryptogram
16.1512
7Polish (pl)
Krzyżówka hetmańska
5.2369
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Cryptic crossword" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cryptic crossword
1 727 448
2Hebrew (he)
תשבץ היגיון
267 331
3Dutch (nl)
Cryptogram
195 737
4Polish (pl)
Krzyżówka hetmańska
67 732
5Finnish (fi)
Piilosana
29 331
6Hungarian (hu)
Kriptikus keresztrejtvény
16 080
7Portuguese (pt)
Palavra cruzada críptica
3 862
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Cryptic crossword" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Cryptic crossword
11 257
2Hebrew (he)
תשבץ היגיון
1 067
3Dutch (nl)
Cryptogram
594
4Polish (pl)
Krzyżówka hetmańska
318
5Finnish (fi)
Piilosana
148
6Portuguese (pt)
Palavra cruzada críptica
80
7Hungarian (hu)
Kriptikus keresztrejtvény
26
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Cryptic crossword" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Cryptic crossword
274
2Hebrew (he)
תשבץ היגיון
89
3Dutch (nl)
Cryptogram
44
4Hungarian (hu)
Kriptikus keresztrejtvény
15
5Polish (pl)
Krzyżówka hetmańska
15
6Finnish (fi)
Piilosana
12
7Portuguese (pt)
Palavra cruzada críptica
5
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Cryptic crossword" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Cryptic crossword
1
2Hebrew (he)
תשבץ היגיון
1
3Finnish (fi)
Piilosana
0
4Hungarian (hu)
Kriptikus keresztrejtvény
0
5Dutch (nl)
Cryptogram
0
6Polish (pl)
Krzyżówka hetmańska
0
7Portuguese (pt)
Palavra cruzada críptica
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Cryptic crossword" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Cryptic crossword
118
2Dutch (nl)
Cryptogram
60
3Hebrew (he)
תשבץ היגיון
49
4Finnish (fi)
Piilosana
5
5Portuguese (pt)
Palavra cruzada críptica
2
6Hungarian (hu)
Kriptikus keresztrejtvény
1
7Polish (pl)
Krzyżówka hetmańska
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Cryptic crossword
fiFinnish
Piilosana
heHebrew
תשבץ היגיון
huHungarian
Kriptikus keresztrejtvény
nlDutch
Cryptogram
plPolish
Krzyżówka hetmańska
ptPortuguese
Palavra cruzada críptica

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#76703
12.2013
Global:
#108129
06.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2809
03.2003
Global:
#6145
03.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Cryptic crossword from Wikipedia articles about Crossword, Crossword abbreviations, The Riddle of the Sphinx, List of puzzle topics and Edward Powys Mathers. Whereas reading the article about Cryptic crossword people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Crossword, Crossword abbreviations, Edward Powys Mathers, Derrick Somerset Macnutt and John Galbraith Graham.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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