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Grids with the lowest Freshness Factor

These puzzles have the lowest Freshness Factor™ meaning they have a high reliance on common words. That doesn't mean they're uninteresting. The puzzle near the top by Peter Gordon is one of my favorites.

Constructors and grids:

Randall J. Hartman Peter Gordon Gregory E. Paul Nancy Kavanaugh Bruce Haight Sidney L. Robbins Leslie Young Andrea Carla Michaels Patrick Blindauer Holden Baker Albert J. Klaus
Tue 8/16/2005
TUBABEDSPATSY
URALOMANADIEU
GISTTARASLEEK
SHOOTINGSTARR
ILLARI
TRIPLEMANYSIS
EERIEPACTETNA
NEANDERTHALMANN
ESTENOTEAIRED
TEEADDSALTERS
OREAVA
WORLDWIDEWEBB
GENIEODORVAIL
ANTONREPSERTE
STONEKATENEED
Tue 6/5/2001
ALSOESTAESSEN
LOITERERSENURE
AURORAAUSTRALIS
STEERLENORTES
OASAREA
SILLSTATINEE
ATNOTOOTLEAST
RUSSIANROULETTE
TNUTSTOILREES
STLESOSNOOSE
ASEAOAR
ALTELENAALLIN
TRINITROTOLUENE
ROOSTTEENSIEST
ANNESELSESSTS
Mon 2/2/1998
MARCWORDESTEE
ASEAARIACHEAT
ITEMFACTLASSO
LIFEOFTHEPARTY
OSLORIP
CATTERRIERASH
AGATEELLULNA
PICKOFTHELITTER
OLIOARAREALM
NETTRIBUNERLS
SAGSEND
SALTOFTHEEARTH
CARATREEDRARE
OLIVEEARLTIER
SEDERELSESLED
Mon 9/20/1999
BAALCHUMDELTA
ACREAONEEVERT
SHEATRIMSISAL
HEAVENSTOBETSY
ELIEERA
MCMUPSTARTTAE
AHEADAILARTS
JEEPERSCREEPERS
OASTOAKXENIA
RTECONSORTDAY
EATPURE
LANDSAKESALIVE
PASTESANSIDEA
OCTETALEETOTS
TEARSPERTELSE
Tue 7/29/2003
SILLDECIHANDY
ARIAELANEIEIO
FEARLESSFOSDICK
ENNEADHRHALEE
READSCLAIM
OHAREOATERS
SEWVISAINDIA
PAINLESSDENTIST
ATSEAPSATTEE
TSETSEORDER
SPACERASTA
ACTSELIINSTEP
SLEEVELESSSHIRT
TORMEETALELSE
ADMITNYSESEER

Click any date below to see the puzzle, or view all the Stalest thumbnails.

RankDateAuthorPercentileScore
1.Tue Aug 16, 2005Randall J. Hartman0.07.2
2.Tue Jun 5, 2001Peter Gordon0.07.6
3.Mon Feb 2, 1998Gregory E. Paul0.08.3
4.Mon Sep 20, 1999Gregory E. Paul0.09.1
5.Tue Jul 29, 2003Ed Early0.09.2
6.Mon May 28, 2001Gregory E. Paul0.09.7
7.Tue May 12, 2009Wayne and P. K. King0.110.4
8.Mon Jun 30, 2003Gregory E. Paul0.110.7
9.Tue Sep 28, 2004Nancy Kavanaugh0.110.7
10.Tue Apr 18, 2017Bruce Haight0.110.7
11.Mon Nov 29, 1993Sidney L. Robbins0.111.1
12.Mon Sep 9, 1996S. L. Robbins0.111.1
13.Mon Feb 14, 2000Nancy Kavanaugh0.111.6
14.Tue Jan 27, 2004Randall J. Hartman0.111.7
15.Thu Apr 28, 1994Randy Sowell0.111.8
16.Mon Sep 19, 2022Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels0.111.8
17.Mon Dec 18, 1995Randall J. Hartman0.111.9
Mon Oct 23, 1995Sidney L. Robbins
19.Mon Jul 3, 2000Marjorie Berg0.212.0
20.Mon Aug 11, 2003Randall J. Hartman0.212.1
21.Mon Jun 23, 2008Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer0.212.1
22.Mon Oct 10, 2005Holden Baker0.212.2
23.Tue Jan 11, 1994Albert J. Klaus0.212.3
24.Mon Feb 12, 1996S. Robbins0.212.5
Tue Feb 19, 2002Arlan and Linda Bushman
26.Tue Sep 24, 2024Kevin L. Shellito0.212.5
27.Tue Jun 19, 2001Tyler Hinman0.212.7
28.Wed Jan 3, 1996W. R. Williams0.212.7
29.Tue Jun 22, 2021Matt Frederick0.212.8
30.Mon Jan 5, 1998Mark Moldowsky0.312.8
31.Mon Mar 22, 1999Gregory E. Paul0.313.0
32.Mon May 22, 2000Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand0.313.1
33.Tue Oct 17, 2000Peter Gordon0.313.1
34.Wed Jul 19, 2006Alison Donald0.313.1
35.Mon Feb 2, 2004Gregory E. Paul0.313.2
Mon Oct 13, 1997Gregory E. Paul
37.Mon Aug 28, 2000Richard Hughes0.313.2
38.Mon Jul 7, 1997Gregory E. Paul0.313.3
Mon Mar 21, 1994Sidney L. Robbins
40.Mon Apr 27, 1998Gregory E. Paul0.313.4
41.Mon Nov 12, 2012Randall J. Hartman0.313.5
42.Wed Feb 3, 2016Tom McCoy0.413.5
43.Mon Jul 22, 1996S. L. Robbins0.413.6
44.Mon May 17, 1999Ethan Cooper0.413.7
45.Tue Oct 30, 2001Barbara Olson0.413.7
46.Wed Mar 2, 2016Fred Piscop0.413.8
47.Mon May 11, 1998Gregory E. Paul0.413.8
48.Wed May 24, 2006Adam G. Perl0.413.9
49.Mon Jul 29, 2024Jeffrey Lease0.414.0
50.Mon Jul 12, 1999Carol R. Blumenstein0.414.0
Mon Apr 3, 1995Randall J. Hartman
52.Mon Aug 20, 2018Peter Gordon0.414.0
Wed Mar 30, 2005Richard Silvestri
54.Mon Jul 19, 1999Gregory E. Paul0.514.0
55.Mon Mar 22, 2004Kyle Mahowald0.514.1
Wed Jan 28, 1998Mark Gottlieb
57.Wed Jan 19, 2000Arthur S. Verdesca0.514.1
58.Mon May 3, 2004Gregory E. Paul0.514.1
59.Mon Mar 10, 1997Gregory E. Paul0.514.2
60.Mon Jul 6, 1998Sheldon Benardo0.514.2
Mon Oct 13, 2003Eric Berlin
62.Fri Nov 26, 1993Nancy A. Corbett0.514.3
63.Mon Apr 29, 2002Holden Baker0.514.3
64.Mon Sep 24, 2001Norma Steinberg0.514.4
65.Mon Jan 12, 2004Kurt Mengel0.614.4
Mon Aug 16, 2004Joy C. Frank
67.Mon Sep 30, 2002Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon0.614.5
Thu Sep 27, 2018Daniel Kantor
Mon Jan 31, 2005Randall J. Hartman
70.Mon May 30, 2022Alexander Liebeskind0.614.5
Tue Aug 18, 1998Nancy Salomon
72.Tue Aug 21, 2001Sarah Keller0.614.5
73.Wed Jul 16, 2003Norm Guggenbiller0.614.6
74.Mon Apr 3, 2000Gregory E. Paul0.614.7
Tue Apr 16, 1996G. E. Paul
Tue Sep 10, 2002Wei-Hwa Huang
77.Mon Jun 24, 2013Robert Seminara0.714.7
Tue Jun 26, 2001Stephen Windheim
Mon Jun 14, 2010Mark Feldman
80.Mon Mar 6, 2006Jack McInturff0.714.7
Tue Sep 3, 1996Andrew Goldstein
82.Tue Feb 28, 2012Randall J. Hartman0.714.8
83.Mon Jan 23, 2006Mark T. Milhet0.714.8
Mon Feb 7, 2005Gordon Seaberg
85.Mon May 15, 2006John R. Conrad0.714.8
86.Mon Dec 25, 2000Adam G. Perl0.714.8
87.Mon Apr 19, 2004Michael Doran0.714.9
88.Mon Dec 10, 2001Gregory E. Paul0.814.9
Mon Oct 25, 2004Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette
Tue Apr 13, 1999Fred Piscop
91.Mon Dec 22, 1997Arthur S. Verdesca0.815.0
Mon Dec 29, 2003Gregory E. Paul
93.Mon Nov 19, 2001Peter Gordon0.815.1
94.Tue Jan 16, 2001Peter Gordon0.815.1
Mon Jul 30, 2001Nancy Kavanaugh
Mon Aug 30, 2004Jeffrey Harris
97.Wed Jun 23, 2004Jim Goodsell0.815.2
Mon Jun 7, 1999Robert O. Dillman
99.Wed Mar 10, 2004Richard Silvestri0.915.2
100.Tue Jan 14, 2003Adam G. Perl0.915.2
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