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Thursday 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:

Daniel Kantor Richard Silvestri Cathy Allis Harvey Estes Jonathan M. Kaye Chase Dittrich Christina Iverson Adam G. Perl David Steinberg Henry Hook Manny Nosowsky
Thu 4/28/1994
CASEBASALPIER
ASWEERASEANYA
PHILLISWHEATLEY
PETEROSTRADE
NOUNOTTO
ACCENTSPELLED
LARASPARELEG
PIERRECORNEILLE
ONEEVERTCELT
ELEMENTOPERAS
LONEAMOS
ASSETABELSTU
JOYCECAROLOATES
AINTAMOVECANE
RTESBENETENDS
POW Thu 9/27/2018
TIKIMEATSCIFI
ORALINCHTOGAS
FILLINTHEBLANKS
USEMISERYLIEU
MAOSEENTIE
ASSIGNSARMED
SHADESOFGRAY
SEGALEOSADR
INSIDETHEBOX
THREESEALEGS
HOEONCEELF
ALASSONATASPA
BETWEENTHELINES
IDEASDEARCARP
TORTSORBSEPPS
Thu 2/12/1998
WAWABLABJUDGE
ALEXRIMAONION
ISLEOMENSINGE
FOLLOWINGPHOTO
ISTLEN
REGALEBRADMAC
ALONESUEZEARL
BEFOREWYEANDZEE
INONLAUDAGENT
DARLIMPADESTE
SATALI
BETWEENLAANDDA
ARRAYLEISARAM
SUITEBACKNOTE
STEERAREAAPEX
Thu 1/9/1997
NAILISLIPKNOB
OGRESAONEIONE
TEACHINGCOSTUME
ENTHUSEARLENES
STEERASIA
TOLLALLURE
SAGAROAMOILER
CLUBSORDIAMONDS
ATARIIDLYNAST
REMANDIDEA
BARNCLIPS
IMITATEBARONET
DONSDIVORCECASE
OLGAVELUMANTI
LEARELATELEON
Thu 1/1/2004
BETAMAINEARAB
ONERARDORDEMO
SYMBOLFORSULFUR
CAPONREESE
ERABESTIRRED
FARERAGEE
ERATOHOTNUMBER
ACTUPNEEDY
THEMESONGSTAIN
ARIAHAUTE
REFASTENSOPT
ALINERHINE
CONTRACTIONOFIS
EPEEHOARDRUNS
SESSAGREESLOE

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

RankDateAuthorThu. %Score
1.Thu Apr 28, 1994Randy Sowell0.011.7
2.Thu Sep 27, 2018Daniel Kantor0.114.5
3.Thu Feb 12, 1998Richard Silvestri0.116.1
4.Thu Jan 9, 1997C. Millhauser0.216.7
5.Thu Jan 1, 2004Richard Silvestri0.217.3
6.Thu Aug 20, 1998Harvey Estes0.317.4
7.Thu Jan 13, 1994Harvey Estes0.418.0
8.Thu Jun 30, 2016Jonathan M. Kaye0.418.3
9.Thu Feb 15, 2007Elizabeth Rehfeld0.518.5
10.Thu May 22, 2003Dan Reichert0.518.5
11.Thu Apr 3, 1997Richard Hughes0.618.6
12.Thu Jan 4, 2024Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson0.718.7
13.Thu May 22, 2014Adam G. Perl0.718.8
14.Thu Jan 6, 1994Arthur W. Palmer0.819.0
Thu Feb 28, 2002Greg Staples
16.Thu Dec 22, 2022David Steinberg0.919.2
17.Thu Oct 29, 1998Cathy Millhauser1.019.2
Thu Jan 3, 2008Henry Hook
19.Thu Jan 25, 2007Manny Nosowsky1.119.6
20.Thu Sep 11, 2014Patrick Blindauer1.219.6
21.Thu Jun 23, 1994Trip Payne1.219.7
22.Thu Jul 1, 2004Nancy Kavanaugh1.320.0
23.Thu May 14, 2020Michael Schlossberg1.320.2
24.Thu Aug 24, 2017Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg1.420.4
Thu Jun 21, 2007John Sheehan
26.Thu Nov 22, 2001Richard Silvestri1.520.5
27.Thu Oct 5, 2000Cathy Millhauser1.620.6
28.Thu May 23, 2002John Underwood1.620.6
29.Thu Nov 25, 1993Joy L. Wouk1.720.8
30.Thu May 24, 2012Derik Moore1.820.8
31.Thu Feb 23, 1995Daniel R. Stark1.820.9
32.Thu Nov 21, 2002Joe DiPietro1.921.0
Thu Mar 4, 1999Cathy Millhauser
34.Thu Mar 23, 1995Wayne Robert Williams2.021.2
35.Thu Dec 9, 1993Janie Lyons2.121.3
Thu Dec 2, 1993Richard Silvestri
37.Thu Jan 13, 2005Robert Zimmerman2.221.3
38.Thu Sep 29, 1994Randolph Ross2.321.3
39.Thu Oct 12, 2017Alex Eaton-Salners2.321.4
40.Thu Dec 12, 2024Daniel Bodily2.421.4
41.Thu Jul 3, 2003Cathy Millhauser2.421.4
42.Thu Jul 17, 2008Elizabeth A. Long2.521.5
Thu Dec 4, 2014Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot
44.Thu Apr 18, 2024David Kwong2.621.7
45.Thu Mar 19, 1998Manny Nosowsky2.721.8
Thu Feb 22, 2018Zhouqin Burnikel
47.Thu Mar 6, 2008Pamela Amick Klawitter2.821.8
48.Thu Apr 30, 1998Kelly Clark2.921.9
49.Thu Nov 14, 1996N. S. Ross2.921.9
50.Thu May 21, 2020Andrew Kingsley3.022.0
51.Thu Jan 27, 1994Betty Jorgensen3.022.0
52.Thu Mar 14, 1996R. Silvestri3.122.1
53.Thu Feb 14, 2002Janet R. Bender3.222.1
54.Thu Feb 12, 2009Gary & Stephen Kennedy3.222.2
55.Thu Nov 10, 2022Dan Caprera3.322.2
Thu Jun 14, 2007Donna Hoke Kahwaty
57.Thu Feb 15, 2024Teddy Katz and Rich Katz3.422.3
58.Thu Jun 25, 1998Stanley B. Whitten3.522.3
59.Thu Aug 2, 2001Bruce F. Adams3.522.3
60.Thu Mar 24, 2016David Liben-Nowell and Tom Pepper3.622.4
61.Thu May 27, 1999A. J. Santora3.722.4
62.Thu Apr 1, 1999Kelly Clark3.722.4
63.Thu Jun 5, 1997David J. Kahn3.822.5
64.Thu Oct 31, 2019Ezra Brauner and Jeff Chen3.822.5
65.Thu Jul 24, 1997Randall J. Hartman3.922.6
66.Thu Sep 30, 2004Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon4.022.7
Thu Oct 24, 2002Patrick Merrell
68.Thu Jul 20, 2006Kevin McCann4.122.7
69.Thu Sep 2, 2010Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels4.122.7
70.Thu Dec 30, 1999Alan Jay Weiss4.222.8
71.Thu Jul 3, 2008Keith Talon4.322.8
72.Thu Jun 28, 2007Joseph Crowley4.322.9
73.Thu May 25, 1995Harvey Estes4.422.9
74.Thu Sep 11, 2003Patrick Merrell4.522.9
75.Thu Dec 15, 2005Patrick Merrell4.523.0
76.Thu Aug 5, 2004Seth Abel4.623.0
Thu Jan 11, 1996B. Jorgensen
78.Thu Sep 24, 2015Peter A. Collins4.723.0
79.Thu Jul 4, 2002Nathaniel Weiss4.823.1
Thu Mar 18, 2021Tom McCoy
81.Thu May 26, 2005David J. Kahn4.923.1
82.Thu Dec 6, 2018Sophia Maymudes4.923.2
83.Thu Jan 22, 1998Patrick Jordan5.023.3
Thu Jan 2, 1997M. Gaffney
Thu Dec 28, 1995Cathy Millhauser
86.Thu Oct 29, 2015Sam Trabucco5.223.3
Thu May 25, 2023Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin
88.Thu Dec 24, 2020Billy Ouska5.323.3
89.Thu Mar 20, 2014Victor Barocas5.423.4
90.Thu Sep 18, 2003Elizabeth C. Gorski5.423.4
91.Thu Dec 6, 2001Richard Silvestri5.523.5
92.Thu Jun 15, 1995Norma Steinberg5.523.5
93.Thu Nov 24, 2016Brian J. MacDonald5.623.5
94.Thu Oct 16, 2003Elizabeth C. Gorski5.723.5
95.Thu Jul 20, 2023Drew Schmenner5.723.6
96.Thu May 8, 2008Harvey Estes5.823.7
97.Thu Jun 6, 2019Fred Piscop5.923.8
98.Thu May 28, 1998Patrick Jordan5.923.8
Thu Jan 20, 2000Jeremy Thomas Paine
100.Thu Nov 20, 1997Raymond Hamel6.023.8
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