Common words such as 'the', 'in', 'a', 'an', 'of', 'to', etc. are not normally abbreviated. The name 'ditloid' was given by the Daily Express newspaper, originating from the clue: 1 = DitLoID -> 1 Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
Here is a huge list of Ditloids for you. Answers are given at the end. Test your brain and have fun!!
Answers to Ditloids
1. 75 = Years of Marriage for the Diamond Anniversary
2. 176 = Verses in the Longest Psalm
3. 180 = Degrees to Reverse Direction
4. 8 = Signs of Fu Hsi
5. 3 = Heads on the Dog Cerberus
6. 2 = Can Be as Bad as One
7. 0 = Snowball's Chance in Hell
8. 176 = Verses in the Longest Psalm
9. 4 = Faces on a Pyramid
10. 64 = Disks in the Tower of Hanoi
11. 47 = Pythagorean Propositions in Euclid's Elements
12. 76 = Trombones in The Music Man
13. 1543 = Copernican System by Nicolaus Copernicus
14. 1452 = Birth of Leonardo Da Vinci
15. 40 = Rods in a Furlong
16. 300 = Bees in the Tomb of Childeric
17. 25 = Sheets in a Quire
18. 6 = Feet Underground
19. 6 = Zeroes in a Million
20. 78 = Revolutions per Minute on a Old Record
21. 100 = Kilograms in a Centner
22. 432 = Pints in a Hogshead
23. 600 = Charged in the Light Brigade
24. 1648 = Completion of Taj Mahal
25. 48 = Cards in a Pinochle Deck
26. 714 = Badge Number of Sgt Joe Friday
27. 97 = Pound Weakling
28. 39 = Lashes in Moses' Law
29. 13 = Witches in a Coven
30. 12 = Points on a Maltese Cross
31. 120 = Holes in a Cribbage Board
32. 1000 = Islands in New York
33. 17 = Pink Squares on a Scrabble Board
34. 180 = Degrees to Reverse Direction
35. 501 = Levi-Strauss Jeans
36. 96 = Eight Times Twelve
37. 109 = John Kennedy's PT Boat
38. 0 = Latitudinal Degrees at the Equator
39. 1980 = Mount St Helens Erupts
40. 4 = Runs Batted In in a Grand Slam Home Run
41. 9 = Months to have a Baby
42. 1969 = Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon
43. 3 = Times a Lady
44. 6 = Stars on the Australian Flag
45. 36 = Black Keys on a Piano
46. 24 = Standard Zones of International Time
47. 1912 = Sinking of the Titanic
48. 1728 = Birth of Captain James Cook
49. 44 = What Dirty Harry Carried
50. 8 = Parts of a Sentence in the English Language
51. 2 = Eyes in your Head
52. 6 = Brandenburg Concertos
53. 118 = Elements in the Periodic Table
54. 55 = Beads on a Rosary
55. 2 = Arches on the McDonald's Sign
56. 2 = What it Takes to Tango
57. 33 = Vertebrae in the Human Spine
58. 8 = Notes in an Octave
59. 12 = Days of Christmas
60. 10 = Events in a Decathlon
61. 50 = Points for a Bullseye
62. 12 = Dozen in a Gross
63. 8 = Corners on a Cube
64. 40 = Days and Nights of the Great Flood
65. 3 = Wishes from the Genie in the Bottle
66. 2 = Turtle Doves (and a Partridge in a Pear Tree)
67. 12 = Knights of the Round Table
68. 3 = Hands on a Clock (with the Second Hand)
69. 24 = Carats in Solid Gold
70. 26 = Miles in a Marathon
71. 300 = Perfect Game in Bowling
72. 1966 = England Won the World Cup
73. 2 = Girls for Every Boy (Beach Boy Song)
74. 4 = Bottles in a Jeroboam
75. 1943 = First Electronic Computer Built
76. 32 = Odille's Fouettes in Swan Lake
77. 56 = Pick Up Sticks
78. 4 = Years between Olympic Games
79. 20 = Bottles in a Nebuchadnezzar
80. 23 = Michael Jordan's Jersey Number
81. 9 = Provinces in South Africa
82. 3 = Bears in the Goldilocks Fairytale
83. 11 = Players in a Football (Soccer) Team
84. 8 = Bottles in a Methuselah
85. 1876 = Custers Last Stand
86. 4 = Years Between Olympic Games
87. 007 = James Bond
88. 1773 = Boston Tea Party
89. 100 = Cents in a Rand
90. 27 = Books in the New Testament
91. 13 = Unlucky For Some
92. 15 = Players in a Rugby Team
93. 39 = Books of the Old Testament
94. 1773 = Boston Tea Party
95. 100 = Pence in the Pound
96. 1 = Day at a Time
97. 360 = Degrees in a Circle
98. 2 = Little Dickie Birds
99. 6 = Pips in the Greenwich Time Signal
100. 4 = Poster Bed
101. 3 = A Crowd
102. 1876 = Custers Last Stand
103. 4 = Cardinal Points of the Compass
104. 50 = Years in a Golden Jubilee
105. 4 = Legs of a Quadruped
106. 1 = Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
107. 1 = Day at a Time
108. 40 = Thieves (with Ali Baba)
109. 13 = Cards in a Suit
110. 3 = Leaves of a Shamrock
111. 24 = Letters in the Greek Alphabet
112. 570 = Mohammed Born
113. 3 = King Lear's Daughters (Regan, Goneril and Cordelia)
114. 7 = Samarai
115. 4 = Just Men
116. 7 = Seas of Rhye (Queen)
117. 2 = Edged Sword
118. 1 = Way Street
119. 2357 = First Four Prime Numbers
120. 30 = Seconds over Tokyo
121. 1 = Point for Free Throw
122. 4 = Jeroboam in a Balthazar
123. 3 = Stripes on a Sergeants Sleeve
124. 50 = Ways to Leave Your Lover (Paul Simon)
125. 1936 = Abdication of King Edward
126. 2 = Gestation Period of an Elephant
127. 15 = Minutes of Fame
128. 2 = Quavers to a Crotchet
129. 1000 = Ten to the Power Three
130. 7 = Pleiades (Daughters of Atlas)
131. 1 = Singular Sensation
132. 4 = Members of the Beatles
133. 5 = Continents in the World
134. 64 = Length of Queen Victoria's Reign (Years)
135. 80 = Days Around the World
136. 3 = Billy Goats Gruff
137. 3 = Sisters (Chekhov)
138. 3 = Little Kittens (that lost their mittens)
139. 64 = Dollar Question
140. 2 = Wheels on a Motorbike
141. 3 = Bronte Sisters (Charlotte, Emily, Anne)
142. 2 = Families in Romeo and Juliet
143. 1 = Public Enemy Number
144. 11 = Storm (Beaufort Scale)
145. 3 = Inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone
146. 3 = Billy Goats Gruff
147. 10 = Rillington Place
148. 1 = Side on a Moebius Strip
149. 12 = People in a Jury
150. 3 = Mile Island (Nuclear Power Station)
151. 2 = Voyager Space Probes
152. 245: 100 = Points for a Red Three in Canasta
153. 4 = Inches in a Hand
154. 1947 = First Supersonic Flight
155. 21 = Shillings in a Guinea
156. 21 = Days in Three Weeks
157. 617 = Dam Busters Squadron
158. 392 = Points for CAZIQUES in Scrabble (Record Score in Scrabble for One Word)
159. 50 = States in the Union
160. 6 = Degrees of Separation
161. 2 = Faces of Janus
162. 100 = Acre Wood
163. 21 = Days in Three Weeks
164. 6 = Grandchildren of the Queen
165. 2 = Humps on a Camel
166. 8 = Minutes for Sunlight to Reach Earth
167. 12345 = Once I Caught a Fish Alive
168. 9 = Lives of a Cat
169. 1901 = First Nobel Prize Awarded
170. 12 = Edges on a Cube
171. 3 = Gorgons (Medusa, Stheno and Euryale)
172. 1 = Swallow Doesn't Make a Summer
173. 16 = Pawns in Chess
174. 1 = Atomic Weight of Hydrogen
175. 10 = Arms on a Squid
176. 22 = Yards in a Cricket Pitch
177. 3901 = Number of Lines in Hamlet
178. Possession is 9 Tenths of the Law
179. Put 2 and 2 Together
180. Just One of Those Things
181. 6 = Players on an Ice Hockey Team
182. 5 = Roman Numeral V
183. 4 = Presidents Carved on Mt Rushmore
184. 12 = Buckle My Shoe
185. 8 = Pints of Blood in an Average Adult
186. 5 = Fluid Ounces in a Gill
187. 1 = Short Stroke of a Pen
188. 64 = Years in Queen Victoria's Reign
189. 26 = Bones in the Vertebral Column
190. 1 = Cell in an Amoeba
191. 373 = Boiling Point in Kelvin
192. 8 = Bits in a Byte
193. 1973 = Death of Pablo Picasso
194. 1 = Tree Ring per Year
195. 5 = Events in a Pentathlon
196. 2 = Crotchets in a Minim
197. 24 = Days in Advent
198. 28 = Dominoes in a Set
199. 32 = Permanent Teeth in an Adult
200. 4 = Months with Thirty Days
201. 2 = Sides to a Coin
202. 3 = Cube Root of Twenty-Seven
203. 12 = Popes named Pius
204. 2 = Bails on a Cricket Wicket
205. 1952 = Eight Minutes to Eight
206. 18.5 = Minutes Erased from the Watergate Tapes
207. 4 = Leaves on a Lucky Clover
208. 2 = Socks in a Pair
209. 1980 = John Lennon was Shot
210. 1 = Swallow Doesn't Make a Summer
211. 2 = Colour of Blood Corpuscles (Red and White)
212. 7 = Brides for Seven Brothers
213. 1 = Foot in the Grave
214. 49 = Seven Sevens
215. 4 = Stations on a Monopoly Board
216. 3 = Tenors (Carreras ,Domingo, Pavarotti)
217. 10 = Downing St (Prime Ministers Residence)
218. 12 = Buckle My Shoe
219. 147 = Maximum Break in Snooker
220. 3 = Valves on a Trumpet
221. 1215 = Magne Carta Signed
222. 180 = Degrees in a Triangle
223. 25 = Silver Wedding Anniversary
224. 15 = First Point in Tennis
225. 2 = Heads on a Push-Me-Pull-You (Dr Dolittle)
226. 5 = Vowels in the Alphabet
227. 100 = Points in an Inch of Rain
228. 235 = Isotopes of Uranium in the Atomic Bomb
229. 16 = Ounces in a Pound
230. 100 = Years in a Century
231. 3 = Stumps in a Wicket
232. 6 = Days of the Condor
233. 5 = Specific Gravity of Radium
234. 11036 = Depth of Mariana Trench (in metres)
235. 31 = Days in October
236. 1969 = Man on the Moon
237. 4 = Quarters in a Football Game
238. 5 = Vital Organs in the Human Body
239. 4 = Sides in a Square
240. 76 = Trombones Led the Big Parade
241. 80 = Chains in a Mile
242. 40077 = Equatorial Circumference of Earth in Kilometres
243. 672 = Hours in a Lunar Month
244. 4 = Suits in a Deck of Cards
245. 4 = Wheels on a Car
246. 6 = Days of Creation
247. 7 = Sides in a Heptagon
248. 22 = Catch
249. 20 = Years Slept by Rip Van Winkle
250. 3 = Parts of an Insect
251. 87 = Four Score and Seven Years
252. 76 = Trombones Led the Big Parade
253. 104 = Degrees Fahrenheit which equals Forty Degrees Celsius
254. 49 = Reasons All in a Row
255. 454 = Grams in a Pound
256. 1000 = Points of Light
257. 2 = Outs in a Double Play
258. 12 = Apostles at the Last Supper
259. 12 = Labours of Hercules
260. 8842 = Height in Metres of Mount Everest
261. 6 = States of Australia
262. 6 = of One and a Half Dozen of the Other
263. 2 = Nickels in a Dime
264. 4 = I's in Mississippi
265. 88 = Constellations in the Sky
266. 43 = Beans in Every Cup of Nescafe
267. 3 = Bones in the Human Ear
268. 1600 = First Dog Watch in the Navy
269. 1851 = Year the Refrigerator was Invented
270. 88 = Days it takes Mercury to Orbit the Sun
271. 360 = Temperature at which Mercury Boils
272. 13 = Lunar Months in a Year
273. 1 = King Kong on the Empire State Building
274. 180 = Degrees to Reverse Direction
275. 40 = Years in the Desert for the Israelites
276. 8 = Days in Hanukkah
277. 12 = Days of Christmas
278. 4 = Weeks in Advent
279. 1 = Horse Open Sleigh
280. 0 = Creatures Stirring
281. 5 = Great Lakes
282. 2 = Nickels in a Dima
283. 212 = Degrees at which Water Boils
284. 78 = Cards in a Tarot Deck
285. 5 = Sides in a Pentagon
286. 6651 = Length of the River Nile in Kilometres
287. 1064 = Temperature at Which Gold Fuses
288. 1428 = Minutes in a Lunar Day
289. 21 = Gun Salute
290. 3 = Little Kittens that Lost Their Mittens
291. 12 = Apostles at the Last Supper
292. 7 = Pillars of Wisdom
293. 6 = Wives of Henry VIII
294. 3 = Books in Lord of the Rings
295. 80 = Days to Go Around the World
296. 12 = Disciples of Jesus
297. 7 = Seas of Sinbad the Sailor
298. 20000 = Leagues Under The Sea
299. 144 = Units in a Gross
300. 500 = Miles in the Indy Five Hundred
301. 102 = Floors in the Empire State Building
302. 6 = Pigs in a Poke
303. 7 = RedOrangeYellowGreenBlueIndigoViolet
304. 6 = Avenue of the Americas
305. 707 = Year of Confusion
306. 365 = Calendar Islands
307. 6 = Pockets on a Pool Table
308. 20000 = Leagues Under the Sea
309. 20 = Questions (Animal, Vegetable or Mineral)
310. 1000 = Islands in New York
311. 75 = Years of Marriage for the Diamond Anniversary
312. 2 = Gentlemen of Verona
313. 4 = Strings on a Violin
314. 66 = Clickety Clix (Bingo)
315. 18 = Inches in a Cubit
316. 432 = Pints in a Hogshead
317. 500 = Sheets in an Ream
318. 5 = Toes on a Foot
319. 36 = Righteous Men
320. 7 = Wonders of the Ancient World
321. 13 = Baker's Dozen
322. 32 = Degrees Fahrenheit at which Water Freezes
323. 8 = Sides in an Octagon
324. 9 = Months in a Human Baby's Gestation Period
325. 9 = Greek Muses
326. 366 = Days in a Leap Year
327. 100 = Cents in a Dollar
328. 57 = Heinz Varieties
329. 150 = Psalms in the Bible
330. 2 = Wicked Stepsisters in Cinderella
331. 16 = Balls in Eight Ball (including the Cue Ball)
332. 4 = Balls in a Walk
333. 18 = Holes on a Golf Course
334. 13 = Stripes on the American Flag
335. 5280 = Feet in a Mile
336. 4 = Children of the Queen
337. 3 = Witches in Macbeth
338. 2 = Times the Postman Always Rings
339. 11 = Fathoms in a Chain
340. 61 = Country Code for Australia
341. 3 = Blind Mice
342. 2 = Lungs in the Human Body
343. 4 = Movements in a Symphony
344. 6 = Legs on an Insect
345. 1 = Rotten Apple in Every Barrel
346. 78 = Cards in a Tarot Pack
347. 368 = Days in the Long March of the Chinese Communists
348. 1440 = Minutes in a Day
349. 200 = Milligrams in a Carat
350. 21 = Gun Salute
351. 30 = Pieces of Silver Given to Jesus
352. 8 = Days in a Week (Beatles)
353. 7 = Plagues of Egypt
354. 10 = Commandments Given to Moses
355. 7 = Ages of Man
356. 1 = Thumb on a Hand
357. 8 = Legs on a Spider
358. 17 = Syllables in a Haiku
359. 36 = Inches on a Yard Stick
360. 18 = Holes on a Golf Course
361. 21 = Perfect Score in Blackjack
362. 9 = Symphonies by Beethoven
363. 969 = Years lived by Methuselah
364. 6 = Pockets in a Pool Table
365. 7 = Sum of the Opposite Numbers on a Die
366. 40 = Days in Lent
367. 5 = Fingers on a Hand
368. 6 = Feet in a Fathom
369. 52 = Cards in a Pack
370. 8 = King Henrys of England
371. 366 = Days in a Leap Year
372. 3 = Days of the Condor
373. 6 = Balls in an Over
374. 90 = Degrees in a Right Angle
375. 12 = Labours of Hercules
376. 4 = Horsemen of the Apocalypse
377. 10 = Provinces in Canada
378. 9 = Innings in a Ball Game
379. 2 = Pieces in a Bikini
380. 7 = Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor
381. 4 = Strings on a Cello
382. 7 = Pillars of Wisdom
383. 4 = Seasons in a Year
384. 46 = Chromosomes in a Human Cell
385. 2 = Shakes of a Lamb's Tail
386. 2 = Elizabeths of England
387. 25 = Years of Marriage for a Silver Anniversary
388. 4 = Aces in a Pack of Cards
389. 3 = Faces of Eve
390. 54 = Coloured Squares on a Rubiks Cube
391. 127 = Steps to the Blarney Stone
392. 10 = Years in a Decade
393. 50 = Ways to Leave Your Lover
394. 3 = Sides in a Triangle
395. 3 = Bears in Goldilocks
396. 50 = Stars on the American Flag
397. 3 = Colours on a Traffic Light
398. 8 = Musicians in an Octet
399. 3 = Wise Men
400. 3 = Feet in a Yard
401. 2 = Cities in the Tale by Charles Dickens
402. 14 = Days in a Fortnight
403. 5 = Tyres on a Car (Inc. the Spare)
404. 9 = Squares in Tic-Tac-Toe
405. 20 = Quires in a Ream
406. 6 = Sides of a Cube
407. 4 = Limbs of the Human Body
408. 77 = Sunset Strip
409. 116 = Years in the Hundred Years War
410. 1 = the Loneliest Number
411. 2 = Brothers Grimm
412. 3 = Men and a Baby
413. 500 = Fortune Companies
414. 9 = Lives of a Cat
415. 31,536,000 = Seconds in a Year
416. 3 = Wheels on a Tricycle
417. 2 = Sleeves on a Shirt
418. 66 = Books in the Bible
419. 100 = Pence in the Pound
420. 8 = Tentacles on an Octopus
421. 4 = Points on a Compass
422. 5 = Stars in the Southern Cross
423. 3 = Legs in a Tripod
424. 2 = Peas in a pod
425. 2 = Pope John Pauls
426. 1000 = Words that a Picture is Worth
427. 2000 = Sydney Olympics
428. 12 = Apostles at the Last Supper
429. 5 = Oceans of the World
430. 7 = Colours of the Rainbow
431. 3 = Sides in a Triangle
432. 5 = Fingers on a Hand
433. 14 = Lines in a Sonnett
434. 3 = Little Pigs
435. 1 = Time that Opportunity Knocks
436. 1 = Small Step for a Man
437. 4 = Years in an Olympiad
438. 1 = Giant Leap for Mankind
439. 3 = Wise Men at Bethlehem
440. 3 = Rings in a Circus
441. 5 = Rings form the Olympic Symbol
442. 7 = Dwarves in Snow White
443. 10 = Frames in Bowling
444. 79 = Atomic Number for Gold
445. 11 = Players in a Cricket Team
446. 1 = Eye on a Cyclops
447. 4 = Chambers in the Human Heart
448. 200 = Dollars for Passing Go in Monopoly
449. 7 = Hills of Rome
450. 206 = Bones in the Human Body
451. 24 = BlackBirds in a Pie
452. 1 = Wheel on a Unicycle
453. 21 = Dots on a Die
454. 7 = Years of Bad Luck for Breaking a Mirror
455. 9 = Reindeers in Santa's Sleigh
456. 15 = Men on a Dead Man's Chest
457. 5 = Lines in a Limerick
458. 2 = Halves in a Whole
459. 30 = Days Hath September
460. 16 = Moons of Jupiter
461. 2 = Blank Tiles in Scrabble
462. 64 = Squares on a Chess Board
463. 29 = Days in February in a Leap Year
464. 88 = Keys on a Piano
465. 9 = Planets in the Solar System
466. 54 = Cards in a Deck (with the Joker)