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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:
Tue 8/16/2005
T | U | B | A | | B | E | D | S | | P | A | T | S | Y |
U | R | A | L | | O | M | A | N | | A | D | I | E | U |
G | I | S | T | | T | A | R | A | | S | L | E | E | K |
| S | H | O | O | T | I | N | G | S | T | A | R | R | |
| | | | I | L | L | | | A | R | I | | | |
T | R | I | P | L | E | | M | A | N | Y | | S | I | S |
E | E | R | I | E | | P | A | C | T | | E | T | N | A |
N | E | A | N | D | E | R | T | H | A | L | M | A | N | N |
E | S | T | E | | N | O | T | E | | A | I | R | E | D |
T | E | E | | A | D | D | S | | A | L | T | E | R | S |
| | | O | R | E | | | A | V | A | | | | |
| W | O | R | L | D | W | I | D | E | W | E | B | B | |
G | E | N | I | E | | O | D | O | R | | V | A | I | L |
A | N | T | O | N | | R | E | P | S | | E | R | T | E |
S | T | O | N | E | | K | A | T | E | | N | E | E | D |
Tue 6/5/2001
A | L | S | O | | E | S | T | A | | E | S | S | E | N |
L | O | I | T | E | R | E | R | S | | E | N | U | R | E |
A | U | R | O | R | A | A | U | S | T | R | A | L | I | S |
S | T | E | E | R | | L | E | N | O | | R | T | E | S |
| | | | O | A | S | | | A | R | E | A | | |
| S | I | L | L | S | | T | A | T | I | | N | E | E |
A | T | N | O | | T | O | O | T | | L | E | A | S | T |
R | U | S | S | I | A | N | R | O | U | L | E | T | T | E |
T | N | U | T | S | | T | O | I | L | | R | E | E | S |
S | T | L | | E | S | O | S | | N | O | O | S | E | |
| | A | S | E | A | | | O | A | R | | | | |
A | L | T | E | | L | E | N | A | | A | L | L | I | N |
T | R | I | N | I | T | R | O | T | O | L | U | E | N | E |
R | O | O | S | T | | T | E | E | N | S | I | E | S | T |
A | N | N | E | S | | E | L | S | E | | S | S | T | S |
Mon 2/2/1998
M | A | R | C | | W | O | R | D | | E | S | T | E | E |
A | S | E | A | | A | R | I | A | | C | H | E | A | T |
I | T | E | M | | F | A | C | T | | L | A | S | S | O |
L | I | F | E | O | F | T | H | E | P | A | R | T | Y | |
| | | O | S | L | O | | | R | I | P | | | |
C | A | T | | T | E | R | R | I | E | R | | A | S | H |
A | G | A | T | E | | | E | L | L | | U | L | N | A |
P | I | C | K | O | F | T | H | E | L | I | T | T | E | R |
O | L | I | O | | A | R | A | | | R | E | A | L | M |
N | E | T | | T | R | I | B | U | N | E | | R | L | S |
| | | S | A | G | | | S | E | N | D | | | |
| S | A | L | T | O | F | T | H | E | E | A | R | T | H |
C | A | R | A | T | | R | E | E | D | | R | A | R | E |
O | L | I | V | E | | E | A | R | L | | T | I | E | R |
S | E | D | E | R | | E | L | S | E | | S | L | E | D |
Mon 9/20/1999
B | A | A | L | | C | H | U | M | | D | E | L | T | A |
A | C | R | E | | A | O | N | E | | E | V | E | R | T |
S | H | E | A | | T | R | I | M | | S | I | S | A | L |
H | E | A | V | E | N | S | T | O | B | E | T | S | Y | |
| | | E | L | I | E | | | E | R | A | | | |
M | C | M | | U | P | S | T | A | R | T | | T | A | E |
A | H | E | A | D | | | A | I | L | | A | R | T | S |
J | E | E | P | E | R | S | C | R | E | E | P | E | R | S |
O | A | S | T | | O | A | K | | | X | E | N | I | A |
R | T | E | | C | O | N | S | O | R | T | | D | A | Y |
| | | E | A | T | | | P | U | R | E | | | |
| L | A | N | D | S | A | K | E | S | A | L | I | V | E |
P | A | S | T | E | | S | A | N | S | | I | D | E | A |
O | C | T | E | T | | A | L | E | E | | T | O | T | S |
T | E | A | R | S | | P | E | R | T | | E | L | S | E |
Tue 7/29/2003
S | I | L | L | | D | E | C | I | | H | A | N | D | Y |
A | R | I | A | | E | L | A | N | | E | I | E | I | O |
F | E | A | R | L | E | S | S | F | O | S | D | I | C | K |
E | N | N | E | A | D | | H | R | H | | A | L | E | E |
R | E | A | D | S | | C | L | A | I | M | | | | |
| | | O | H | A | R | E | | O | A | T | E | R | S |
S | E | W | | | V | I | S | A | | I | N | D | I | A |
P | A | I | N | L | E | S | S | D | E | N | T | I | S | T |
A | T | S | E | A | | P | S | A | T | | | T | E | E |
T | S | E | T | S | E | | O | R | D | E | R | | | |
| | | | S | P | A | C | E | | R | A | S | T | A |
A | C | T | S | | E | L | I | | I | N | S | T | E | P |
S | L | E | E | V | E | L | E | S | S | S | H | I | R | T |
T | O | R | M | E | | E | T | A | L | | E | L | S | E |
A | D | M | I | T | | N | Y | S | E | | S | E | E | R |
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Stalest thumbnails.
Rank | Date | Author | Percentile | Score |
1. | Tue Aug 16, 2005 | Randall J. Hartman | 0.0 | 7.2 |
2. | Tue Jun 5, 2001 | Peter Gordon | 0.0 | 7.6 |
3. | Mon Feb 2, 1998 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.0 | 8.3 |
4. | Mon Sep 20, 1999 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.0 | 9.1 |
5. | Tue Jul 29, 2003 | Ed Early | 0.0 | 9.2 |
6. | Mon May 28, 2001 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.0 | 9.7 |
7. | Tue May 12, 2009 | Wayne and P. K. King | 0.1 | 10.4 |
8. | Mon Jun 30, 2003 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.1 | 10.7 |
9. | Tue Sep 28, 2004 | Nancy Kavanaugh | 0.1 | 10.7 |
10. | Tue Apr 18, 2017 | Bruce Haight | 0.1 | 10.7 |
11. | Mon Nov 29, 1993 | Sidney L. Robbins | 0.1 | 11.1 |
12. | Mon Sep 9, 1996 | S. L. Robbins | 0.1 | 11.1 |
13. | Mon Feb 14, 2000 | Nancy Kavanaugh | 0.1 | 11.6 |
14. | Tue Jan 27, 2004 | Randall J. Hartman | 0.1 | 11.7 |
15. | Thu Apr 28, 1994 | Randy Sowell | 0.1 | 11.8 |
16. | Mon Sep 19, 2022 | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels | 0.1 | 11.8 |
17. | Mon Dec 18, 1995 | Randall J. Hartman | 0.1 | 11.9 |
| Mon Oct 23, 1995 | Sidney L. Robbins | | |
19. | Mon Jul 3, 2000 | Marjorie Berg | 0.2 | 12.0 |
20. | Mon Aug 11, 2003 | Randall J. Hartman | 0.2 | 12.1 |
21. | Mon Jun 23, 2008 | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer | 0.2 | 12.1 |
22. | Mon Oct 10, 2005 | Holden Baker | 0.2 | 12.2 |
23. | Tue Jan 11, 1994 | Albert J. Klaus | 0.2 | 12.3 |
24. | Mon Feb 12, 1996 | S. Robbins | 0.2 | 12.5 |
| Tue Feb 19, 2002 | Arlan and Linda Bushman | | |
26. | Tue Sep 24, 2024 | Kevin L. Shellito | 0.2 | 12.5 |
27. | Tue Jun 19, 2001 | Tyler Hinman | 0.2 | 12.7 |
28. | Wed Jan 3, 1996 | W. R. Williams | 0.2 | 12.7 |
29. | Tue Jun 22, 2021 | Matt Frederick | 0.2 | 12.8 |
30. | Mon Jan 5, 1998 | Mark Moldowsky | 0.3 | 12.8 |
31. | Mon Mar 22, 1999 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.3 | 13.0 |
32. | Mon May 22, 2000 | Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand | 0.3 | 13.1 |
33. | Tue Oct 17, 2000 | Peter Gordon | 0.3 | 13.1 |
34. | Wed Jul 19, 2006 | Alison Donald | 0.3 | 13.1 |
35. | Mon Feb 2, 2004 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.3 | 13.2 |
| Mon Oct 13, 1997 | Gregory E. Paul | | |
37. | Mon Aug 28, 2000 | Richard Hughes | 0.3 | 13.2 |
38. | Mon Jul 7, 1997 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.3 | 13.3 |
| Mon Mar 21, 1994 | Sidney L. Robbins | | |
40. | Mon Apr 27, 1998 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.3 | 13.4 |
41. | Mon Nov 12, 2012 | Randall J. Hartman | 0.3 | 13.5 |
42. | Wed Feb 3, 2016 | Tom McCoy | 0.4 | 13.5 |
43. | Mon Jul 22, 1996 | S. L. Robbins | 0.4 | 13.6 |
44. | Mon May 17, 1999 | Ethan Cooper | 0.4 | 13.7 |
45. | Tue Oct 30, 2001 | Barbara Olson | 0.4 | 13.7 |
46. | Wed Mar 2, 2016 | Fred Piscop | 0.4 | 13.8 |
47. | Mon May 11, 1998 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.4 | 13.8 |
48. | Wed May 24, 2006 | Adam G. Perl | 0.4 | 13.9 |
49. | Mon Jul 29, 2024 | Jeffrey Lease | 0.4 | 14.0 |
50. | Mon Jul 12, 1999 | Carol R. Blumenstein | 0.4 | 14.0 |
| Mon Apr 3, 1995 | Randall J. Hartman | | |
52. | Mon Aug 20, 2018 | Peter Gordon | 0.4 | 14.0 |
| Wed Mar 30, 2005 | Richard Silvestri | | |
54. | Mon Jul 19, 1999 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.5 | 14.0 |
55. | Mon Mar 22, 2004 | Kyle Mahowald | 0.5 | 14.1 |
| Wed Jan 28, 1998 | Mark Gottlieb | | |
57. | Wed Jan 19, 2000 | Arthur S. Verdesca | 0.5 | 14.1 |
58. | Mon May 3, 2004 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.5 | 14.1 |
59. | Mon Mar 10, 1997 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.5 | 14.2 |
60. | Mon Jul 6, 1998 | Sheldon Benardo | 0.5 | 14.2 |
| Mon Oct 13, 2003 | Eric Berlin | | |
62. | Fri Nov 26, 1993 | Nancy A. Corbett | 0.5 | 14.3 |
63. | Mon Apr 29, 2002 | Holden Baker | 0.5 | 14.3 |
64. | Mon Sep 24, 2001 | Norma Steinberg | 0.5 | 14.4 |
65. | Mon Jan 12, 2004 | Kurt Mengel | 0.6 | 14.4 |
| Mon Aug 16, 2004 | Joy C. Frank | | |
67. | Mon Sep 30, 2002 | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | 0.6 | 14.5 |
| Thu Sep 27, 2018 | Daniel Kantor | | |
| Mon Jan 31, 2005 | Randall J. Hartman | | |
70. | Mon May 30, 2022 | Alexander Liebeskind | 0.6 | 14.5 |
| Tue Aug 18, 1998 | Nancy Salomon | | |
72. | Tue Aug 21, 2001 | Sarah Keller | 0.6 | 14.5 |
73. | Wed Jul 16, 2003 | Norm Guggenbiller | 0.6 | 14.6 |
74. | Mon Apr 3, 2000 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.6 | 14.7 |
| Tue Apr 16, 1996 | G. E. Paul | | |
| Tue Sep 10, 2002 | Wei-Hwa Huang | | |
77. | Mon Jun 24, 2013 | Robert Seminara | 0.7 | 14.7 |
| Tue Jun 26, 2001 | Stephen Windheim | | |
| Mon Jun 14, 2010 | Mark Feldman | | |
80. | Mon Mar 6, 2006 | Jack McInturff | 0.7 | 14.7 |
| Tue Sep 3, 1996 | Andrew Goldstein | | |
82. | Tue Feb 28, 2012 | Randall J. Hartman | 0.7 | 14.8 |
83. | Mon Jan 23, 2006 | Mark T. Milhet | 0.7 | 14.8 |
| Mon Feb 7, 2005 | Gordon Seaberg | | |
85. | Mon May 15, 2006 | John R. Conrad | 0.7 | 14.8 |
86. | Mon Dec 25, 2000 | Adam G. Perl | 0.7 | 14.8 |
87. | Mon Apr 19, 2004 | Michael Doran | 0.7 | 14.9 |
88. | Mon Dec 10, 2001 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.8 | 14.9 |
| Mon Oct 25, 2004 | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette | | |
| Tue Apr 13, 1999 | Fred Piscop | | |
91. | Mon Dec 22, 1997 | Arthur S. Verdesca | 0.8 | 15.0 |
| Mon Dec 29, 2003 | Gregory E. Paul | | |
93. | Mon Nov 19, 2001 | Peter Gordon | 0.8 | 15.1 |
94. | Tue Jan 16, 2001 | Peter Gordon | 0.8 | 15.1 |
| Mon Jul 30, 2001 | Nancy Kavanaugh | | |
| Mon Aug 30, 2004 | Jeffrey Harris | | |
97. | Wed Jun 23, 2004 | Jim Goodsell | 0.8 | 15.2 |
| Mon Jun 7, 1999 | Robert O. Dillman | | |
99. | Wed Mar 10, 2004 | Richard Silvestri | 0.9 | 15.2 |
100. | Tue Jan 14, 2003 | Adam G. Perl | 0.9 | 15.2 |