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Sunday 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:
Sun 8/18/2024 For Your Amusement
C | A | R | D | | B | A | S | A | L | | C | L | A | N | G | | A | S | S | T |
A | G | A | R | | U | L | T | R | A | | O | S | C | A | R | | R | A | C | E |
S | U | M | O | | R | O | O | M | Y | | B | U | M | P | E | R | C | A | R | S |
H | A | P | P | Y | N | E | W | Y | E | A | R | | E | S | T | A | | R | A | T |
| | | T | A | S | | | | R | N | A | | | | A | C | T | I | N | |
| | M | O | M | A | | E | A | S | T | | H | A | M | | Y | E | N | T | E |
| D | O | W | A | G | E | R | S | | | Y | E | S | E | S | | N | E | O | N |
L | O | S | E | H | E | A | R | T | | P | A | R | S | E | C | | A | N | N | E |
A | C | C | R | A | | S | O | U | | A | H | A | | T | R | O | N | | | |
S | K | A | | | D | E | L | T | O | R | O | | | | E | A | T | E | R | S |
S | E | T | | R | O | L | L | E | R | C | O | A | S | T | E | R | | N | O | T |
I | D | O | T | O | O | | | | R | E | S | P | A | W | N | | | N | A | E |
| | | H | O | W | L | | E | E | L | | A | C | E | | S | W | E | D | E |
W | A | N | E | | O | I | L | E | R | S | | C | H | E | S | T | H | A | I | R |
P | A | I | N | | P | E | O | N | Y | | | H | A | T | E | R | A | D | E | |
M | A | T | C | H | | S | T | Y | | U | B | E | R | | M | I | C | S | | |
| T | R | E | E | S | | | | P | S | I | | | | O | V | A | | | |
S | E | A | | R | U | G | S | | R | E | S | E | T | T | L | E | M | E | N | T |
W | A | T | E | R | S | L | I | D | E | | M | A | O | R | I | | O | R | E | O |
A | M | E | N | | H | A | L | O | S | | O | R | G | A | N | | L | I | M | P |
P | S | S | T | | I | D | L | E | S | | L | L | A | M | A | | E | N | O | S |
Sun 8/18/1996 What's My Line?
S | A | D | A | | | B | L | A | H | | M | A | M | A | | N | O | I | S | E |
W | R | E | N | | B | R | O | M | O | | O | L | A | F | | A | N | G | E | R |
A | B | E | T | | L | A | B | O | R | | R | E | S | T | | T | I | L | E | R |
M | O | R | E | M | O | N | E | Y | S | H | O | R | T | E | R | H | O | U | R | S |
I | R | E | L | A | N | D | | | E | A | S | T | | R | O | A | N | | | |
| | | O | D | D | S | | A | C | R | E | | E | L | A | N | | D | U | N |
S | T | O | P | A | | | C | H | A | T | | A | X | I | S | | K | E | N | O |
M | O | V | E | T | O | T | H | E | R | E | A | R | O | F | T | H | E | B | U | S |
A | V | I | S | | P | O | E | M | S | | S | I | T | E | | E | A | T | M | E |
R | A | N | | S | A | P | | | | C | O | S | I | | A | R | N | | | |
T | H | E | Y | A | R | E | A | P | E | R | F | E | C | T | C | O | U | P | L | E |
| | | A | N | T | | B | E | A | U | | | | U | H | S | | R | I | G |
S | P | O | C | K | | P | A | R | R | | S | E | T | T | O | | P | I | S | A |
I | L | L | H | A | V | E | T | O | P | U | T | Y | O | U | O | N | H | O | L | D |
M | E | E | T | | E | D | E | N | | N | O | R | M | | | A | I | R | E | S |
I | D | O | | A | N | O | S | | F | I | N | E | | E | C | O | L | | | |
| | | A | T | O | M | | C | O | T | E | | | L | A | M | O | T | T | A |
T | R | U | S | T | M | E | T | H | I | S | D | R | E | S | S | I | S | Y | O | U |
A | E | R | I | E | | T | O | I | L | | E | U | B | I | E | | O | P | E | N |
P | A | G | A | N | | E | R | T | E | | A | L | O | E | S | | P | E | A | T |
E | M | E | N | D | | R | E | A | D | | F | E | N | S | | | H | A | T | S |
Sun 8/29/1999 TRADEMARKS
A | C | T | S | | A | R | E | E | L | | G | L | E | E | | S | P | R | A | Y |
W | A | R | P | | R | O | L | L | O | | L | U | G | S | | C | R | I | M | E |
E | L | I | A | | G | O | L | A | N | | O | L | I | O | | A | U | D | E | N |
| L | A | R | R | Y | K | I | N | G | S | S | U | S | P | E | N | D | E | R | S |
| A | L | K | A | L | I | S | | S | A | S | S | | H | A | T | E | | | |
| | | I | S | L | E | | L | I | L | Y | | C | A | G | Y | | C | P | R |
A | S | S | N | S | | | S | I | N | S | | S | A | G | E | | S | H | O | E |
D | O | U | G | L | A | S | M | A | C | A | R | T | H | U | R | S | P | I | P | E |
A | L | I | | E | N | T | I | R | E | | E | O | N | S | | W | I | P | E | D |
M | E | N | D | | G | A | L | | | S | I | P | | | L | I | N | | | |
| | G | E | O | R | G | E | B | U | R | N | S | S | C | I | G | A | R | | |
| | | R | O | Y | | | O | R | O | | | O | H | O | | L | E | E | K |
E | M | A | I | L | | C | A | N | S | | D | E | M | O | N | S | | A | C | E |
S | A | L | V | A | D | O | R | D | A | L | I | S | M | U | S | T | A | C | H | E |
M | U | L | E | | O | W | N | S | | E | S | S | E | | | A | N | T | O | N |
E | L | Y | | L | U | B | E | | A | T | M | O | | U | C | L | A | | | |
| | | L | E | G | O | | A | R | G | O | | O | P | H | E | L | I | A | |
D | O | R | O | T | H | Y | L | A | M | O | U | R | S | S | A | R | O | N | G | |
A | B | O | U | T | | H | O | R | A | | N | I | S | A | N | | G | A | N | G |
M | O | O | S | E | | A | N | O | N | | T | O | I | L | E | | U | L | E | E |
P | E | T | E | R | | T | E | N | D | | S | T | E | A | L | | E | L | S | E |
Click any date below to see the puzzle, or view all the
Stalest Sunday thumbnails.
Rank | Date | Author | Sun. % | Score |
1. | Sun Aug 18, 2024 | Rebecca Goldstein and Will Nediger | 0.0 | 25.1 |
2. | Sun Aug 18, 1996 | F. and L. Sabin | 0.1 | 25.4 |
3. | Sun Aug 29, 1999 | Lou and Fran Sabin | 0.1 | 25.5 |
4. | Sun Aug 20, 1995 | Cathy Millhauser | 0.2 | 25.6 |
5. | Sun Jan 28, 1996 | M. W. Perry | 0.2 | 26.0 |
6. | Sun Dec 28, 2003 | Seth A. Abel | 0.3 | 26.1 |
7. | Sun Jan 3, 1999 | Randolph Ross | 0.4 | 26.4 |
8. | Sun May 9, 2021 | Brad Wiegmann | 0.4 | 26.5 |
9. | Sun Feb 12, 1995 | Alex & Victoria Black | 0.5 | 26.8 |
10. | Sun Mar 6, 2016 | David J. Kahn | 0.5 | 27.4 |
| Sun Jul 9, 2023 | Christina Iverson | | |
12. | Sun Jun 26, 1994 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 0.7 | 27.4 |
13. | Sun Oct 23, 2022 | Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen | 0.7 | 27.4 |
| Sun May 21, 2000 | Matt Gaffney | | |
15. | Sun Jul 7, 2024 | David Karp | 0.9 | 27.5 |
16. | Sun May 1, 1994 | Peter Gordon | 0.9 | 27.6 |
17. | Sun Dec 1, 1996 | D. J. Kahn | 1.0 | 27.8 |
18. | Sun Nov 23, 2014 | Patrick Berry | 1.0 | 27.9 |
19. | Sun Jun 15, 1997 | Karen Hodge | 1.1 | 28.0 |
20. | Sun Dec 18, 2005 | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman | 1.2 | 28.1 |
| Sun Jun 26, 2016 | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen | | |
22. | Sun Feb 20, 1994 | Harvey Estes | 1.3 | 28.1 |
23. | Sun May 22, 2005 | A. J. Santora | 1.3 | 28.2 |
24. | Sun Oct 28, 2018 | Erik Agard | 1.4 | 28.4 |
25. | Sun Feb 10, 2013 | Patrick Berry | 1.5 | 28.6 |
26. | Sun Sep 29, 2019 | Tom McCoy | 1.5 | 28.6 |
27. | Sun Jul 16, 1995 | Naomi Geller Lipsky | 1.6 | 28.7 |
28. | Sun Dec 6, 1998 | Marjorie Richter | 1.6 | 28.7 |
29. | Sun Jul 14, 2024 | Jeff Chen | 1.7 | 28.8 |
30. | Sun May 9, 1999 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 1.8 | 29.0 |
31. | Sun Jun 20, 2021 | Michael Lieberman | 1.8 | 29.0 |
| Sun Nov 10, 2002 | Cathy Millhauser | | |
33. | Sun Aug 30, 2009 | Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| Sun Dec 23, 2007 | Adam G. Perl | | |
35. | Sun Dec 15, 2002 | RIchard Hughes | 2.1 | 29.0 |
36. | Sun Feb 9, 2025 | Rich Katz and Jeff Chen | 2.1 | 29.1 |
| Sun Feb 6, 1994 | Arthur S. Verdesca | | |
38. | Sun Oct 11, 1998 | Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark | 2.3 | 29.1 |
| Sun Aug 3, 2014 | Ian Livengood | | |
40. | Sun Mar 5, 2023 | John-Clark Levin | 2.4 | 29.2 |
41. | Sun Jan 22, 2006 | George Barany and Michael Shteyman | 2.4 | 29.2 |
42. | Sun Jun 19, 2011 | Patrick Berry | 2.5 | 29.4 |
43. | Sun Feb 22, 2015 | Patrick Berry | 2.6 | 29.4 |
44. | Sun Aug 6, 2017 | Patrick Berry | 2.6 | 29.5 |
45. | Sun Jan 18, 2015 | Joe Krozel | 2.7 | 29.5 |
46. | Sun Jan 17, 1999 | Cathy Millhauser | 2.7 | 29.6 |
47. | Sun Jun 3, 2018 | David J. Kahn | 2.8 | 29.6 |
| Sun May 20, 2001 | Alan Arbesfeld | | |
49. | Sun Dec 10, 2006 | David J. Kahn | 2.9 | 29.7 |
50. | Sun Sep 15, 2024 | Aimee Lucido | 3.0 | 29.7 |
| Sun Apr 7, 1996 | C. Millhauser | | |
52. | Sun Apr 18, 2004 | Richard Chisholm | 3.1 | 29.8 |
53. | Sun Apr 6, 2014 | Patrick Berry | 3.2 | 29.8 |
| Sun Sep 17, 2023 | Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp | | |
55. | Sun Jan 14, 2007 | Harvey Estes | 3.3 | 29.8 |
| Sun Jul 15, 2007 | Patrick Berry | | |
57. | Sun Jul 28, 2002 | Nelson Hardy | 3.4 | 29.9 |
58. | Sun Mar 10, 2024 | Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock | 3.5 | 29.9 |
59. | Sun Dec 2, 2018 | Paul Coulter | 3.5 | 30.0 |
60. | Sun Jan 6, 2008 | Lynn Lempel | 3.6 | 30.0 |
61. | Sun Nov 10, 1996 | R. Hamel | 3.7 | 30.1 |
62. | Sun Dec 12, 1993 | Cathy Millhauser | 3.7 | 30.1 |
| Sun Nov 21, 2010 | Clive Probert | | |
64. | Sun Jun 15, 2003 | Cathy Millhauser | 3.8 | 30.1 |
| Sun May 29, 2016 | Kevin G. Der | | |
66. | Sun Aug 29, 2021 | Dory Mintz | 4.0 | 30.2 |
67. | Sun Sep 18, 2022 | Katie Hale | 4.0 | 30.2 |
| Sun May 12, 2013 | David J. Kahn | | |
69. | Sun Jan 1, 2023 | Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa | 4.1 | 30.3 |
70. | Sun Dec 13, 2020 | Dan Margolis | 4.2 | 30.4 |
| Sun Feb 13, 2011 | Ian Livengood | | |
72. | Sun Feb 23, 1997 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 4.3 | 30.5 |
| Sun Sep 30, 2001 | Con Pederson | | |
74. | Sun Nov 20, 2022 | Joe Deeney | 4.5 | 30.5 |
75. | Sun May 29, 2005 | Frank Longo | 4.5 | 30.7 |
76. | Sun Oct 12, 2003 | David J. Kahn | 4.6 | 30.7 |
| Sun Mar 23, 2014 | Ian Livengood | | |
78. | Sun Jul 3, 2022 | Tom McCoy | 4.7 | 30.7 |
79. | Sun Jul 10, 2005 | Con Pederson | 4.8 | 30.8 |
80. | Sun Jul 28, 2013 | Andrew Reynolds | 4.8 | 30.8 |
81. | Sun Jun 4, 2017 | Tom McCoy | 4.9 | 30.8 |
| Sun Oct 20, 1996 | R. Ross | | |
83. | Sun Dec 5, 2021 | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen | 5.0 | 30.9 |
| Sun Aug 6, 2006 | Mark Feldman | | |
85. | Sun Apr 5, 2020 | Jim Peredo | 5.1 | 30.9 |
86. | Sun Apr 29, 2001 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 5.2 | 30.9 |
87. | Sun Apr 5, 2009 | Charles Deber | 5.2 | 31.0 |
88. | Sun Jan 28, 2018 | Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen | 5.3 | 31.0 |
89. | Sun Oct 22, 1995 | Matt Gaffney | 5.4 | 31.0 |
90. | Sun Sep 16, 2001 | Bill Zais | 5.4 | 31.1 |
| Sun Sep 20, 2009 | Michael Ashley | | |
92. | Sun Jul 30, 2017 | Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn | 5.5 | 31.1 |
| Sun Aug 11, 2024 | Caryn Robbins | | |
94. | Sun Oct 28, 2001 | Michael Ashley | 5.7 | 31.2 |
| Sun Feb 6, 2011 | David J. Kahn | | |
96. | Sun Dec 21, 2003 | Frances Hansen | 5.8 | 31.2 |
97. | Sun Apr 9, 1995 | Cathy Millhauser | 5.9 | 31.3 |
98. | Sun Jul 6, 2003 | Robert H. Wolfe | 5.9 | 31.4 |
99. | Sun Feb 25, 2007 | David J. Kahn | 6.0 | 31.4 |
| Sun May 28, 2017 | Andrew Zhou | | |