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Performance

· 17 checks — Lighthouse + waterfall + sustainability rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
90
GRADE
A
FIX
2
REVIEW
1
PASS
12
INFO
2

Performance-focused optimization plan with CWV assessment, top offenders, and time estimates

Mobile Desktop
70
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
91
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
92
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
42
SEO Measures basic SEO optimizations: meta tags, crawlability, link text, and mobile friendliness.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

937 ms

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

3.22 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

1.09 s

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.002

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

984 ms

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

3.45 s

Page Load Progression

415 ms
830 ms
1.2 s
1.7 s
2.1 s
2.5 s
2.9 s
3.3 s
Checks
17
12 PASS 1 REVIEW 2 FIX
D
Third-Party Impact
Action
80% third-party, 0 ms blocking
FIX
80% third-party, 0 ms blocking
Warning::
Third-party code accounts for 80% of page weight (387.6 KiB of 483.5 KiB)
Info::
Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)
20%
80%
First-party Third-party
F
HTTP Caching
Action
No cache headers
FIX
No cache headers
Warning::
No Cache-Control header found
Browsers will use heuristic caching, which can be unpredictable. Set explicit cache headers.

No Cache-Control header

Adding a Cache-Control header can significantly improve repeat-visit performance.

C
JS Execution Cost
Action
1938ms total JS execution
REVIEW
1938ms total JS execution
Warning::
https://thefreedictionary.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-pl...: 1574ms CPU time
Info::
Unattributable: 197ms CPU time
Info::
https://thefreedictionary.com/: 115ms CPU time
Info::
https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/b/0...: 51ms CPU time
Info::
Third-party scripts: 248ms (13% of total)

Main Thread Breakdown

Script Evaluation 80% Other 12%
ScriptTotalScriptingParse/CompileParty
https://thefreedictionary.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray=9efeeaf12bd500e71574ms1500ms25ms1st
Unattributable197ms8ms0ms3rd
https://thefreedictionary.com/115ms15ms2ms1st
https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/b/0b8fb825cb67/api.js?onload=cFRiY3&render=explicit51ms39ms7ms3rd
A+
Page Weight Budget
483 KB transferred, 19 requests
PASS
483 KB transferred, 19 requests
Info::
Page weighs 906 KB (483 KB transferred)
Info::
19 HTTP requests
Info::
Estimated 0.10 g CO2 per page load
483 KB / 2.4 MB budget
483 KB transferred
19 requests
0.10 g CO2 per page load
Other 284.9 KiB 59%
HTML 102.1 KiB 21%
JavaScript 93.5 KiB 19%
Other 1.7 KiB 0%
Images 1.3 KiB 0%
Other 71 B 0%
0 2.4 MB 4.9 MB
Under budget
A+
Text Compression
All text resources are compressed
PASS
All text resources are compressed
Info::
All text resources are compressed
All text resources are properly compressed.
A
Image Optimization
3 images, 0 KB saveable
PASS
3 images, 0 KB saveable
Info::
All images are well-optimized
3 images 1 KB
0 oversized -0 KB
3 legacy format
0 missing dimensions CLS risk
A+
Font Loading
No web fonts (system fonts)
PASS
No web fonts (system fonts)
Info::
No web fonts loaded — system fonts are fastest
No web fonts loaded — system fonts are optimal.
A+
JS Bundles
8 scripts, 0 KB unused
PASS
8 scripts, 0 KB unused
0 KB unused JavaScript

Downloaded but never executed on this page.

ScriptSizeUnusedMinifiedParty
https://thefreedictionary.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray=9efeeaf12bd500e776 KB—✓1st
blob:https://thefreedictionary.com/f352a38a-9ab2-44e5-ada0-d8ee9ce882b40 KB—✓3rd
https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/b/0b8fb825cb67/api.js?onload=cFRiY3&render=explicit17 KB—✓3rd
blob:https://thefreedictionary.com/e33c8ed6-9af6-4d19-bed0-58df989f6ebd-0 KB—✓3rd
blob:https://challenges.cloudflare.com/643ba34f-1d3d-48e9-929d-dfb34bce849a0 KB—✓3rd
blob:https://challenges.cloudflare.com/23c8a11c-6f26-4f0a-8e3b-f47f8df94b82-0 KB—✓3rd
blob:https://challenges.cloudflare.com/23c8a11c-6f26-4f0a-8e3b-f47f8df94b82-0 KB—✓3rd
blob:https://challenges.cloudflare.com/2095c247-79e4-4a19-9cdf-174995a2ba31-0 KB—✓3rd
A+
Resource Caching
All resources properly cached
PASS
All resources properly cached
Info::
No caching issues found
All static resources have appropriate caching headers.
A+
Critical Rendering Path
No render-blocking resources
PASS
No render-blocking resources
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected
A+
Resource Hints
No optimization needed
PASS
No optimization needed
Info::
No resource hint issues
A
Page Weight Inventory
19 resources · 483 KB · 0 KB savings available
PASS
19 resources · 483 KB · 0 KB savings available
Info::
Within 1MB page-weight target
Got: 483 KB
Warning::
13 third-party resources (80% of weight)
Info::
1 resources over 200KB
19 resources · 483.5 KiB · 13 third-party Within 1MB page-weight target
Other 59% · 286.6 KiB
Document 21% · 102.1 KiB
JavaScript 19% · 93.5 KiB
Image 0% · 1.3 KiB
A+
Render-Blocking Resources
No render-blocking resources detected
PASS
No render-blocking resources detected
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected in <head>
A+
Third-Party Resources
No third-party resources detected
PASS
No third-party resources detected
A+
Green Hosting
Whether the site is served from green-energy infrastructure
PASS

Green Hosting

This site is hosted on green energy infrastructure

Provider: Cloudflare

Network Waterfall
19 requests over 3128ms
INFO
0 ms 1.0 s 2.0 s 3.0 s FCP 937 ms LCP 3.2 shttps://thefreedictionary.com// https://thefreedictionary.com/ — 307 — 71 B — 27 ms — http/1.1https://thefreedictionary.com// https://thefreedictionary.com/ — 403 — 5.3 KiB — 8 ms — h3https://thefreedictionary.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray=9efeeaf12bd500e7/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/orc... https://thefreedictionary.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray=9efeeaf12bd500e7 — 200 — 76.1 KiB — 18 ms — h3blob:https://thefreedictionary.com/f352a38a-9ab2-44e5-ada0-d8ee9ce882b4thefreedictionary.com/f352a38a-9ab2... blob:https://thefreedictionary.com/f352a38a-9ab2-44e5-ada0-d8ee9ce882b4 — -1 — 0 B — 0 ms — https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/b/0b8fb825cb67/api.js?onload=cFRiY3&render=explicitchallenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile... https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/b/0b8fb825cb67/api.js?onload=cFRiY3&render=explicit — 200 — 17.4 KiB — 26 ms — h3https://thefreedictionary.com/favicon.ico/favicon.ico https://thefreedictionary.com/favicon.ico — 200 — 878 B — 12 ms — h3https://thefreedictionary.com/favicon.ico/favicon.ico https://thefreedictionary.com/favicon.ico — 200 — 0 B — 2 ms — h3https://thefreedictionary.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/flow/ov1/2861708471:1776798608:ErqmkTBsxeuPEUEQ-nj3Qg5gifcpzcridMS7hc7f-HQ/9efeeaf12bd500e7/wGdGy1r5eDo5PkiV68aCHO9T5jDTsd.VbJogOIllB2k-1776801026-1.2.1.1-5HIIBDCyIAorORNxrytoL5sX41G3F.LX3w_fEDehFe4Zgyo0xwEw3AfPNiYY8h2O/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/flo... https://thefreedictionary.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/flow/ov1/2861708471:1776798608:ErqmkTBsxeuPEUEQ-nj3Qg5gifcpzcridMS7hc7f-HQ/9efeeaf12bd500e7/wGdGy1r5eDo5PkiV68aCHO9T5jDTsd.VbJogOIllB2k-1776801026-1.2.1.1-5HIIBDCyIAorORNxrytoL5sX41G3F.LX3w_fEDehFe4Zgyo0xwEw3AfPNiYY8h2O — 200 — 13.6 KiB — 30 ms — h3blob:https://thefreedictionary.com/e33c8ed6-9af6-4d19-bed0-58df989f6ebdthefreedictionary.com/e33c8ed6-9af6... blob:https://thefreedictionary.com/e33c8ed6-9af6-4d19-bed0-58df989f6ebd — 200 — -1 B — 40 ms — blobhttps://challenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/turnstile/f/ov2/av0/rch/el806/0x4AAAAAAADnPIDROrmt1Wwj/light/fbE/new/normal?lang=autochallenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/c... https://challenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/turnstile/f/ov2/av0/rch/el806/0x4AAAAAAADnPIDROrmt1Wwj/light/fbE/new/normal?lang=auto — 200 — 96.8 KiB — 23 ms — h3https://challenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/cmg/1challenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/c... https://challenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/cmg/1 — 200 — 208 B — 5 ms — h3blob:https://challenges.cloudflare.com/643ba34f-1d3d-48e9-929d-dfb34bce849achallenges.cloudflare.com/643ba34f-... blob:https://challenges.cloudflare.com/643ba34f-1d3d-48e9-929d-dfb34bce849a — -1 — 0 B — 0 ms — https://challenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/flow/ov1/1903685616:1776798609:2mBkH0c1QanQ_dZT3befYwdTaacqrcigMbTTBv3MVeo/9efeeaf38c44c131/DJzPpXkRt2Z7i3sGMf4mw7Ef2geYDcRkGkHQu1Xex_I-1776801027-1.2.1.1-gJoC6Kfwu9XHKADkAXZ6aBTSJdmd.i5k1s7q8X7QITUf8FB0618arSr1MrEUYkpWchallenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/c... https://challenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/flow/ov1/1903685616:1776798609:2mBkH0c1QanQ_dZT3befYwdTaacqrcigMbTTBv3MVeo/9efeeaf38c44c131/DJzPpXkRt2Z7i3sGMf4mw7Ef2geYDcRkGkHQu1Xex_I-1776801027-1.2.1.1-gJoC6Kfwu9XHKADkAXZ6aBTSJdmd.i5k1s7q8X7QITUf8FB0618arSr1MrEUYkpW — 200 — 248.5 KiB — 101 ms — h3blob:https://challenges.cloudflare.com/23c8a11c-6f26-4f0a-8e3b-f47f8df94b82challenges.cloudflare.com/23c8a11c-... blob:https://challenges.cloudflare.com/23c8a11c-6f26-4f0a-8e3b-f47f8df94b82 — 200 — -1 B — 101 ms — blobblob:https://challenges.cloudflare.com/23c8a11c-6f26-4f0a-8e3b-f47f8df94b82challenges.cloudflare.com/23c8a11c-... 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HTML JavaScript CSS Images Fonts XHR/Fetch Other
Third-Party Script Cost
Per-script blocking time, transfer cost, and cache headers
INFO
13% of JavaScript execution is third-party
First-party Third-party 248ms · 17KB · $3/mo
Unattributable
Other
Optional
Execution 197ms
Transfer 0 KB
Monthly Cost $3/mo
challenges.cloudflare.com
Other
Optional
Execution 51ms
Transfer 17 KB
Monthly Cost $1/mo

How third-party costs are calculated

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