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21x21 grids with the Most Words in the Modern Era
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Sun 11/21/1993 Spectral Analysis
| | S | E | A | | | | G | I | R | L | S | | | A | N | K | A | R | A |
O | P | T | I | M | A | | S | O | N | N | E | T | S | | L | O | L | L | E | D |
C | A | R | N | A | C | | N | O | N | S | T | O | P | | | B | E | A | N | S |
A | G | E | E | | L | E | A | F | | | U | R | A | L | | L | E | M | | |
L | E | E | | | O | R | K | | I | S | P | Y | | E | K | E | S | O | U | T |
A | S | P | S | | C | E | E | | C | Y | S | | U | S | E | S | | D | A | N |
| | | A | S | K | | S | K | I | D | | M | L | L | E | | C | E | R | T |
G | E | W | G | A | W | S | | E | E | N | | O | T | E | L | L | O | | | |
O | N | A | | D | O | S | | G | R | E | G | O | R | Y | | I | B | S | E | N |
O | R | R | | I | R | S | | | | Y | O | D | A | | S | T | R | I | V | E |
D | A | M | A | S | K | | | | | | | | | | H | E | A | L | E | R |
A | G | E | N | T | | | A | R | E | S | | | | A | R | R | | I | N | V |
S | E | N | T | I | | F | L | I | R | T | E | R | | P | I | A | | C | U | E |
| | | S | C | R | E | E | N | | R | N | A | | E | N | T | R | A | P | S |
C | O | P | Y | | H | A | R | D | | E | O | N | S | | K | I | D | | | |
A | R | A | | V | O | L | T | | S | E | L | | C | D | I | | S | P | A | T |
T | A | N | N | E | S | T | | I | O | T | A | | R | I | N | | | A | S | H |
| | F | I | R | | Y | A | R | D | | | D | E | N | G | | P | I | P | E |
A | N | I | O | N | S | | R | A | I | N | B | O | W | | | S | A | R | E | |
C | A | S | B | A | H | | S | Q | U | E | E | Z | E | | S | I | R | E | N | S |
E | T | H | E | L | | | | I | M | A | G | E | D | | | S | I | R | S | |
Sun 6/26/1994 @ ¢ ? !
A | D | M | A | N | | | M | A | D | A | M | E | | | O | D | D | N | E | D |
C | E | A | S | E | | M | E | D | I | C | A | R | E | | L | E | A | N | T | O |
C | E | R | S | O | F | A | T | E | N | T | I | O | N | | D | E | N | I | A | L |
E | R | I | E | | I | T | S | | | E | L | S | A | S | | D | E | N | S | E |
D | E | N | T | I | N | E | | S | A | D | | | | H | E | S | S | E | | |
| | | | R | A | R | I | T | Y | | G | A | P | E | D | | | I | S | M |
G | L | O | B | A | L | | T | E | N | P | E | R | S | | S | H | E | R | P | A |
Y | E | M | E | N | | M | E | R | | A | L | I | A | S | | A | V | O | I | R |
M | A | N | N | | T | I | M | I | N | G | | A | L | T | | N | A | N | N | Y |
P | P | I | E | C | E | S | | L | E | E | S | | M | E | S | S | | S | S | S |
| | | | R | E | F | L | E | X | | C | A | S | T | L | E | | | | |
C | O | S | | E | D | I | E | | T | S | A | R | | S | I | L | V | E | R | D |
O | R | S | O | N | | R | A | T | | U | N | T | R | O | D | | I | C | E | D |
U | G | A | A | N | | E | R | R | O | R | | L | O | N | | B | A | H | I | A |
P | A | S | T | A | S | | N | O | N | P | S | E | S | | F | E | L | O | N | Y |
E | N | T | | | T | A | S | T | E | | I | S | A | B | E | L | | | | |
| | R | O | G | E | R | | | | R | N | S | | R | A | L | L | I | E | S |
S | L | I | M | E | | C | A | U | S | E | | | G | A | S | | A | L | V | A |
T | Y | P | I | S | T | | G | R | A | C | R | A | L | S | T | A | T | I | O | N |
A | R | E | T | T | I | | E | A | R | L | O | B | E | S | | S | H | A | K | E |
S | A | S | S | E | S | | | L | A | Y | M | E | N | | | S | E | D | E | R |
Sun 10/23/2022 To Be Continued
A | N | T | I | | Q | U | E | S | T | | O | R | E | S | | A | R | O | M | A |
L | O | O | M | | U | R | G | E | S | | T | A | X | I | | C | A | P | E | D |
L | I | O | N | | E | N | O | C | H | | O | D | I | N | | H | Y | E | N | A |
O | C | T | O | P | U | S | | T | I | M | E | | T | C | B | Y | | N | A | G |
W | E | S | T | I | E | | M | I | R | A | | C | L | E | O | | N | I | C | E |
| | | A | L | S | | I | O | T | A | | H | A | R | P | | O | N | E | S |
S | A | C | R | A | | C | O | N | S | | N | O | N | E | | A | R | G | | |
A | L | O | O | F | | A | C | E | | H | Y | P | E | | M | U | S | C | A | T |
G | A | R | B | | A | G | E | D | | U | M | P | S | | C | R | E | E | D | S |
A | N | N | O | | D | I | N | | I | S | P | Y | | B | R | A | | R | D | A |
| B | E | T | | W | E | E | | N | T | H | | E | L | I | | N | E | S | |
P | E | R | | F | A | R | | P | A | L | S | | N | O | B | | I | M | U | S |
H | A | T | T | E | R | | K | A | L | E | | I | D | O | S | | C | O | P | E |
I | N | H | O | M | E | | I | R | I | S | | N | E | D | | D | E | N | T | E |
| | E | T | A | | T | A | K | E | | B | D | A | Y | | R | A | Y | O | N |
A | C | M | E | | M | E | S | A | | P | O | O | R | | H | O | N | | | |
D | R | A | M | | A | L | E | S | | S | O | N | S | | U | N | D | O | C | K |
M | A | R | | E | X | E | D | | F | I | R | E | | F | R | E | S | H | E | N |
I | N | K | E | D | | C | O | V | E | | I | S | A | I | D | | L | A | D | E |
N | I | E | C | E | | O | N | C | E | | S | I | S | A | L | | O | R | A | L |
S | A | T | O | N | | M | A | R | T | | H | A | S | T | E | | W | A | R | T |
Words | Date | Author | Blocks |
150 | Sun Nov 21, 1993 | Peter Gordon | 86 |
150 | Sun Jun 26, 1994 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 79 |
150 | Sun Oct 23, 2022 | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen | 78 |
148 | Sun Oct 5, 1997 | Derrick Niederman | 75 |
148 | Sun Jan 23, 2011 | Chris A. McGlothlin | 89 |
146 | Sun Apr 14, 1996 | Henry Hook | 84 |
146 | Sun Feb 13, 2000 | Bill Zais | 79 |
146 | Sun Dec 24, 2000 | Bill Zais | 76 |
146 | Sun Jan 30, 2005 | Derrick Niederman | 73 |
146 | Sun Jul 1, 2007 | Nancy Salomon and Bill Zais | 77 |
146 | Sun Dec 5, 2010 | Ben Pall | 73 |
146 | Sun Oct 16, 2011 | Joel Fagliano | 73 |
146 | Sun Aug 6, 2023 | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen | 80 |
145 | Sun Apr 14, 2019 | Will Nediger | 76 |
144 | Sun Jun 19, 1994 | Nancy Scandrett Ross | 76 |
144 | Sun Oct 23, 1994 | Cathy Millhauser | 76 |
144 | Sun Jul 9, 1995 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 77 |
144 | Sun Jul 2, 2000 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 76 |
144 | Sun Nov 5, 2000 | Michael S. Maurer | 77 |
144 | Sun Jun 22, 2003 | John Duschatko | 72 |
144 | Sun Aug 8, 2004 | Bill Zais | 84 |
144 | Sun Aug 29, 2004 | Manny Nosowsky | 76 |
144 | Sun Dec 5, 2004 | David J. Kahn | 71 |
144 | Sun Nov 16, 2008 | Merl Reagle | 88 |
144 | Sun Jan 11, 2009 | David J. Kahn | 82 |
144 | Sun Oct 31, 2010 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 79 |
144 | Sun Aug 5, 2012 | Patrick Merrell | 74 |
144 | Sun Jun 2, 2013 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 78 |
144 | Sun Jun 19, 2016 | David Woolf | 73 |
144 | Sun Jul 10, 2016 | Patrick Berry | 75 |
144 | Sun Dec 18, 2016 | Derrick Niederman | 85 |
144 | Sun Mar 19, 2017 | Grant Thackray | 74 |
144 | Sun Feb 18, 2018 | Elizabeth A. Long | 80 |
144 | Sun Feb 13, 2022 | David Steinberg | 76 |
144 | Sun Sep 4, 2022 | Tracy Gray | 75 |
143 | Sun Dec 14, 2003 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 80 |
143 | Sun Jul 2, 2006 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 80 |
143 | Sun Aug 19, 2007 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 79 |
143 | Sun Dec 15, 2019 | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen | 81 |
143 | Sun Mar 27, 2022 | August Lee-Kovach | 87 |
142 | Sun Dec 12, 1993 | Cathy Millhauser | 80 |
142 | Sun Feb 13, 1994 | Cathy Millhauser | 82 |
142 | Sun Feb 20, 1994 | Harvey Estes | 72 |
142 | Sun Apr 17, 1994 | R. M. Hopkins | 76 |
142 | Sun Jul 17, 1994 | Cathy Millhauser | 80 |
142 | Sun Aug 7, 1994 | Dean Niles | 74 |
142 | Sun Dec 25, 1994 | Randolph Ross | 74 |
142 | Sun Jan 8, 1995 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 78 |
142 | Sun Feb 19, 1995 | Alfio Micci | 82 |
142 | Sun May 21, 1995 | Dean Niles | 78 |
142 | Sun Aug 20, 1995 | Cathy Millhauser | 74 |
142 | Sun Sep 3, 1995 | Ernie Furtado | 82 |
142 | Sun Oct 1, 1995 | Frank A. Longo | 84 |
142 | Sun Oct 15, 1995 | Mel Rosen | 74 |
142 | Sun Dec 17, 1995 | Dean Niles | 74 |
142 | Sun Jan 7, 1996 | Eric Albert | 76 |
142 | Sun Mar 17, 1996 | Peter O'Gordon | 86 |
142 | Sun May 12, 1996 | R. Silvestri | 72 |
142 | Sun Jul 14, 1996 | J. Schmalzbach | 80 |
142 | Sun Oct 6, 1996 | R. Max Hopkins | 79 |
142 | Sun Dec 8, 1996 | A. J. Santora | 74 |
142 | Sun Jan 19, 1997 | B. Klahn | 69 |
142 | Sun Feb 9, 1997 | D. Niles | 67 |
142 | Sun Mar 2, 1997 | Harvey Estes | 72 |
142 | Sun Jun 15, 1997 | Karen Hodge | 82 |
142 | Sun Aug 24, 1997 | Michael S. Maurer | 74 |
142 | Sun Nov 23, 1997 | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague | 74 |
142 | Sun Mar 8, 1998 | Richard Silvestri | 68 |
142 | Sun Mar 29, 1998 | Robert H. Wolfe | 81 |
142 | Sun Apr 26, 1998 | Fran and Lou Sabin | 74 |
142 | Sun May 3, 1998 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 82 |
142 | Sun May 31, 1998 | Cathy Millhauser | 78 |
142 | Sun Aug 16, 1998 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 72 |
142 | Sun Oct 25, 1998 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 76 |
142 | Sun Jan 3, 1999 | Randolph Ross | 76 |
142 | Sun Jan 10, 1999 | David J. Kahn | 74 |
142 | Sun Jan 17, 1999 | Cathy Millhauser | 80 |
142 | Sun Mar 28, 1999 | Cathy Allis Millhauser | 74 |
142 | Sun May 9, 1999 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 79 |
142 | Sun Jul 18, 1999 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 80 |
142 | Sun Sep 12, 1999 | Nancy Scandrett Ross | 74 |
142 | Sun Nov 7, 1999 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 86 |
142 | Sun Jan 21, 2001 | Con Pederson | 74 |
142 | Sun Sep 30, 2001 | Con Pederson | 76 |
142 | Sun Feb 3, 2002 | Richard Silvestri | 76 |
142 | Sun Mar 24, 2002 | Con Pederson | 72 |
142 | Sun Apr 14, 2002 | David J. Kahn | 77 |
142 | Sun May 19, 2002 | Cathy Millhauser | 72 |
142 | Sun Sep 29, 2002 | Randolph Ross | 70 |
142 | Sun Nov 10, 2002 | Cathy Millhauser | 83 |
142 | Sun Dec 1, 2002 | David J. Kahn | 76 |
142 | Sun Feb 9, 2003 | David J. Kahn | 74 |
142 | Sun Mar 23, 2003 | Con Pederson | 76 |
142 | Sun Jun 15, 2003 | Cathy Millhauser | 76 |
142 | Sun Jul 13, 2003 | Randolph Ross | 84 |
142 | Sun Oct 5, 2003 | Richard Silvestri | 72 |
142 | Sun Nov 7, 2004 | Con Pederson | 78 |
142 | Sun Mar 13, 2005 | Patrick Merrell | 74 |
142 | Sun Apr 17, 2005 | Manny Nosowsky | 83 |
142 | Sun Jul 10, 2005 | Con Pederson | 74 |
142 | Sun Jul 17, 2005 | David J. Kahn | 77 |
142 | Sun Sep 4, 2005 | Richard Silvestri | 76 |
142 | Sun Oct 2, 2005 | Randolph Ross | 82 |
142 | Sun Oct 16, 2005 | Con Pederson | 72 |
142 | Sun Nov 26, 2006 | Manny Nosowsky | 76 |
142 | Sun Dec 10, 2006 | David J. Kahn | 74 |
142 | Sun Oct 14, 2007 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 74 |
142 | Sun Mar 9, 2008 | Patrick Berry | 75 |
142 | Sun Apr 27, 2008 | Oliver Hill | 84 |
142 | Sun Jun 8, 2008 | Will Nediger | 65 |
142 | Sun Nov 23, 2008 | David J. Kahn | 71 |
142 | Sun Dec 21, 2008 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 68 |
142 | Sun Dec 28, 2008 | Patrick Berry | 74 |
142 | Sun Mar 29, 2009 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 79 |
142 | Sun Apr 12, 2009 | Eric Berlin | 73 |
142 | Sun Apr 19, 2009 | Will Nediger | 72 |
142 | Sun Nov 15, 2009 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 78 |
142 | Sun Nov 29, 2009 | Will Nediger | 72 |
142 | Sun Apr 18, 2010 | Randolph Ross | 74 |
142 | Sun Apr 25, 2010 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 70 |
142 | Sun Jun 27, 2010 | Michael J. Doran | 68 |
142 | Sun Sep 5, 2010 | Will Nediger | 67 |
142 | Sun Feb 6, 2011 | David J. Kahn | 72 |
142 | Sun Jul 3, 2011 | Pete Muller | 73 |
142 | Sun Feb 5, 2012 | Charles M. Deber | 80 |
142 | Sun Apr 1, 2012 | Patrick Merrell | 78 |
142 | Sun May 6, 2012 | Alex Vratsanos | 67 |
142 | Sun May 27, 2012 | Byron Walden | 75 |
142 | Sun Jul 8, 2012 | Joel Fagliano | 74 |
142 | Sun Sep 16, 2012 | David Steinberg and Barry Haldiman | 76 |
142 | Sun Oct 28, 2012 | Michael Sharp and Caleb Madison | 68 |
142 | Sun Sep 22, 2013 | Mike Selinker | 82 |
142 | Sun Oct 27, 2013 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 75 |
142 | Sun Jun 8, 2014 | Patrick Berry | 75 |
142 | Sun Mar 22, 2015 | Jeremy Newton | 77 |
142 | Sun Jun 7, 2015 | Samuel A. Donaldson | 72 |
142 | Sun Sep 6, 2015 | Patrick Berry | 76 |
142 | Sun Sep 20, 2015 | Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen | 82 |
142 | Sun Oct 11, 2015 | David J. Kahn | 71 |
142 | Sun Mar 6, 2016 | David J. Kahn | 79 |
142 | Sun May 8, 2016 | David J. Kahn | 72 |
142 | Sun Jan 29, 2017 | Jim Hyres and David Steinberg | 79 |
142 | Sun Apr 16, 2017 | Timothy Polin | 74 |
142 | Sun Jul 2, 2017 | Patrick Blindauer | 99 |
142 | Sun Nov 5, 2017 | Natan Last | 76 |
142 | Sun Jun 3, 2018 | David J. Kahn | 78 |
142 | Sun Jul 22, 2018 | Patrick Merrell | 75 |
142 | Sun Sep 30, 2018 | Natan Last | 79 |
142 | Sun Nov 11, 2018 | Eric Berlin | 70 |
142 | Sun Nov 3, 2019 | Kristian House | 75 |
142 | Sun Feb 9, 2020 | Brian Kulman | 76 |
142 | Sun Aug 15, 2021 | Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz | 84 |
142 | Sun Dec 5, 2021 | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen | 82 |
142 | Sun Dec 26, 2021 | Christina Iverson | 80 |
142 | Sun Jan 16, 2022 | Derrick Niederman | 74 |
142 | Sun Mar 13, 2022 | Christina Iverson and Katie Hale | 84 |
142 | Sun Jul 17, 2022 | Greg Slovacek | 82 |
142 | Sun Nov 27, 2022 | Adam Wagner | 80 |
142 | Sun Feb 12, 2023 | Christina Iverson and Samuel A. Donaldson | 83 |
142 | Sun Apr 23, 2023 | Katie Hale and Scott Hogan | 76 |
142 | Sun May 14, 2023 | Sid Sivakumar | 89 |
142 | Sun Nov 12, 2023 | Garrett Chalfin | 86 |
142 | Sun Feb 25, 2024 | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale | 78 |
142 | Sun Mar 3, 2024 | Hoang-Kim Vu | 77 |
142 | Sun Jun 30, 2024 | Ginny Too | 83 |
142 | Sun Aug 4, 2024 | Scott Hogan and Katie Hale | 72 |
142 | Sun Aug 18, 2024 | Rebecca Goldstein and Will Nediger | 86 |
142 | Sun Nov 24, 2024 | Alex Eaton-Salners | 84 |