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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:
Thu 4/28/1994
C | A | S | E | | B | A | S | A | L | | P | I | E | R |
A | S | W | E | | E | R | A | S | E | | A | N | Y | A |
P | H | I | L | L | I | S | W | H | E | A | T | L | E | Y |
P | E | T | | E | R | O | S | | | T | R | A | D | E |
| | | N | O | U | N | | O | T | T | O | | | |
A | C | C | E | N | T | | S | P | E | L | L | E | D | |
L | A | R | A | | | S | P | A | R | E | | L | E | G |
P | I | E | R | R | E | C | O | R | N | E | I | L | L | E |
O | N | E | | E | V | E | R | T | | | C | E | L | T |
| E | L | E | M | E | N | T | | O | P | E | R | A | S |
| | | L | O | N | E | | A | M | O | S | | | |
A | S | S | E | T | | | A | B | E | L | | S | T | U |
J | O | Y | C | E | C | A | R | O | L | O | A | T | E | S |
A | I | N | T | | A | M | O | V | E | | C | A | N | E |
R | T | E | S | | B | E | N | E | T | | E | N | D | S |
POW Thu 9/27/2018
T | I | K | I | | M | E | A | T | | S | C | I | F | I |
O | R | A | L | | I | N | C | H | | T | O | G | A | S |
F | I | L | L | I | N | T | H | E | B | L | A | N | K | S |
U | S | E | | M | I | S | E | R | Y | | L | I | E | U |
| | | M | A | O | | S | E | E | N | | T | I | E |
A | S | S | I | G | N | S | | | A | R | M | E | D | |
S | H | A | D | E | S | O | F | G | R | A | Y | | | |
S | E | G | A | | | L | E | O | | | S | A | D | R |
| | | I | N | S | I | D | E | T | H | E | B | O | X |
| T | H | R | E | E | | | S | E | A | L | E | G | S |
H | O | E | | O | N | C | E | | E | L | F | | | |
A | L | A | S | | S | O | N | A | T | A | | S | P | A |
B | E | T | W | E | E | N | T | H | E | L | I | N | E | S |
I | D | E | A | S | | D | E | A | R | | C | A | R | P |
T | O | R | T | S | | O | R | B | S | | E | P | P | S |
Thu 2/12/1998
W | A | W | A | | B | L | A | B | | J | U | D | G | E |
A | L | E | X | | R | I | M | A | | O | N | I | O | N |
I | S | L | E | | O | M | E | N | | S | I | N | G | E |
F | O | L | L | O | W | I | N | G | P | H | O | T | O | |
| | | | I | S | T | | | L | E | N | | | |
R | E | G | A | L | E | | B | R | A | D | | M | A | C |
A | L | O | N | E | | S | U | E | Z | | E | A | R | L |
B | E | F | O | R | E | W | Y | E | A | N | D | Z | E | E |
I | N | O | N | | L | A | U | D | | A | G | E | N | T |
D | A | R | | L | I | M | P | | A | D | E | S | T | E |
| | | S | A | T | | | A | L | I | | | | |
| B | E | T | W | E | E | N | L | A | A | N | D | D | A |
A | R | R | A | Y | | L | E | I | S | | A | R | A | M |
S | U | I | T | E | | B | A | C | K | | N | O | T | E |
S | T | E | E | R | | A | R | E | A | | A | P | E | X |
Thu 1/9/1997
N | A | I | L | | I | S | L | I | P | | K | N | O | B |
O | G | R | E | | S | A | O | N | E | | I | O | N | E |
T | E | A | C | H | I | N | G | C | O | S | T | U | M | E |
E | N | T | H | U | S | E | | A | R | L | E | N | E | S |
S | T | E | E | R | | | A | S | I | A | | | | |
| | | | T | O | L | L | | A | L | L | U | R | E |
S | A | G | A | | R | O | A | M | | O | I | L | E | R |
C | L | U | B | S | O | R | D | I | A | M | O | N | D | S |
A | T | A | R | I | | I | D | L | Y | | N | A | S | T |
R | E | M | A | N | D | | I | D | E | A | | | | |
| | | | B | A | R | N | | | C | L | I | P | S |
I | M | I | T | A | T | E | | B | A | R | O | N | E | T |
D | O | N | S | D | I | V | O | R | C | E | C | A | S | E |
O | L | G | A | | V | E | L | U | M | | A | N | T | I |
L | E | A | R | | E | L | A | T | E | | L | E | O | N |
Thu 1/1/2004
B | E | T | A | | M | A | I | N | E | | A | R | A | B |
O | N | E | R | | A | R | D | O | R | | D | E | M | O |
S | Y | M | B | O | L | F | O | R | S | U | L | F | U | R |
C | A | P | O | N | | | | | | R | E | E | S | E |
| | E | R | A | | B | E | S | T | I | R | R | E | D |
F | A | R | E | R | | A | G | E | E | | | | | |
E | R | A | T | O | | H | O | T | N | U | M | B | E | R |
A | C | T | U | P | | | | | | N | E | E | D | Y |
T | H | E | M | E | S | O | N | G | | S | T | A | I | N |
| | | | | A | R | I | A | | H | A | U | T | E |
R | E | F | A | S | T | E | N | S | | O | P | T | | |
A | L | I | N | E | | | | | | R | H | I | N | E |
C | O | N | T | R | A | C | T | I | O | N | O | F | I | S |
E | P | E | E | | H | O | A | R | D | | R | U | N | S |
S | E | S | S | | A | G | R | E | E | | S | L | O | E |
Click any date below to see the puzzle, or view all the
Stalest Thursday thumbnails.
Rank | Date | Author | Thu. % | Score |
1. | Thu Apr 28, 1994 | Randy Sowell | 0.0 | 11.7 |
2. | Thu Sep 27, 2018 | Daniel Kantor | 0.1 | 14.5 |
3. | Thu Feb 12, 1998 | Richard Silvestri | 0.1 | 16.1 |
4. | Thu Jan 9, 1997 | C. Millhauser | 0.2 | 16.7 |
5. | Thu Jan 1, 2004 | Richard Silvestri | 0.2 | 17.3 |
6. | Thu Aug 20, 1998 | Harvey Estes | 0.3 | 17.4 |
7. | Thu Jan 13, 1994 | Harvey Estes | 0.4 | 18.0 |
8. | Thu Jun 30, 2016 | Jonathan M. Kaye | 0.4 | 18.3 |
9. | Thu Feb 15, 2007 | Elizabeth Rehfeld | 0.5 | 18.5 |
10. | Thu May 22, 2003 | Dan Reichert | 0.5 | 18.5 |
11. | Thu Apr 3, 1997 | Richard Hughes | 0.6 | 18.6 |
12. | Thu Jan 4, 2024 | Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson | 0.7 | 18.7 |
13. | Thu May 22, 2014 | Adam G. Perl | 0.7 | 18.8 |
14. | Thu Jan 6, 1994 | Arthur W. Palmer | 0.8 | 19.0 |
| Thu Feb 28, 2002 | Greg Staples | | |
16. | Thu Dec 22, 2022 | David Steinberg | 0.9 | 19.2 |
17. | Thu Oct 29, 1998 | Cathy Millhauser | 1.0 | 19.2 |
| Thu Jan 3, 2008 | Henry Hook | | |
19. | Thu Jan 25, 2007 | Manny Nosowsky | 1.1 | 19.6 |
20. | Thu Sep 11, 2014 | Patrick Blindauer | 1.2 | 19.6 |
21. | Thu Jun 23, 1994 | Trip Payne | 1.2 | 19.7 |
22. | Thu Jul 1, 2004 | Nancy Kavanaugh | 1.3 | 20.0 |
23. | Thu May 14, 2020 | Michael Schlossberg | 1.3 | 20.2 |
24. | Thu Aug 24, 2017 | Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg | 1.4 | 20.4 |
| Thu Jun 21, 2007 | John Sheehan | | |
26. | Thu Nov 22, 2001 | Richard Silvestri | 1.5 | 20.5 |
27. | Thu Oct 5, 2000 | Cathy Millhauser | 1.6 | 20.6 |
28. | Thu May 23, 2002 | John Underwood | 1.6 | 20.6 |
29. | Thu Nov 25, 1993 | Joy L. Wouk | 1.7 | 20.8 |
30. | Thu May 24, 2012 | Derik Moore | 1.8 | 20.8 |
31. | Thu Feb 23, 1995 | Daniel R. Stark | 1.8 | 20.9 |
32. | Thu Nov 21, 2002 | Joe DiPietro | 1.9 | 21.0 |
| Thu Mar 4, 1999 | Cathy Millhauser | | |
34. | Thu Mar 23, 1995 | Wayne Robert Williams | 2.0 | 21.2 |
35. | Thu Dec 9, 1993 | Janie Lyons | 2.1 | 21.3 |
| Thu Dec 2, 1993 | Richard Silvestri | | |
37. | Thu Jan 13, 2005 | Robert Zimmerman | 2.2 | 21.3 |
38. | Thu Sep 29, 1994 | Randolph Ross | 2.3 | 21.3 |
39. | Thu Oct 12, 2017 | Alex Eaton-Salners | 2.3 | 21.4 |
40. | Thu Dec 12, 2024 | Daniel Bodily | 2.4 | 21.4 |
41. | Thu Jul 3, 2003 | Cathy Millhauser | 2.4 | 21.4 |
42. | Thu Jul 17, 2008 | Elizabeth A. Long | 2.5 | 21.5 |
| Thu Dec 4, 2014 | Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot | | |
44. | Thu Apr 18, 2024 | David Kwong | 2.6 | 21.7 |
45. | Thu Mar 19, 1998 | Manny Nosowsky | 2.7 | 21.8 |
| Thu Feb 22, 2018 | Zhouqin Burnikel | | |
47. | Thu Mar 6, 2008 | Pamela Amick Klawitter | 2.8 | 21.8 |
48. | Thu Apr 30, 1998 | Kelly Clark | 2.9 | 21.9 |
49. | Thu Nov 14, 1996 | N. S. Ross | 2.9 | 21.9 |
50. | Thu May 21, 2020 | Andrew Kingsley | 3.0 | 22.0 |
51. | Thu Jan 27, 1994 | Betty Jorgensen | 3.0 | 22.0 |
52. | Thu Mar 14, 1996 | R. Silvestri | 3.1 | 22.1 |
53. | Thu Feb 14, 2002 | Janet R. Bender | 3.2 | 22.1 |
54. | Thu Feb 12, 2009 | Gary & Stephen Kennedy | 3.2 | 22.2 |
55. | Thu Nov 10, 2022 | Dan Caprera | 3.3 | 22.2 |
| Thu Jun 14, 2007 | Donna Hoke Kahwaty | | |
57. | Thu Feb 15, 2024 | Teddy Katz and Rich Katz | 3.4 | 22.3 |
58. | Thu Jun 25, 1998 | Stanley B. Whitten | 3.5 | 22.3 |
59. | Thu Aug 2, 2001 | Bruce F. Adams | 3.5 | 22.3 |
60. | Thu Mar 24, 2016 | David Liben-Nowell and Tom Pepper | 3.6 | 22.4 |
61. | Thu May 27, 1999 | A. J. Santora | 3.7 | 22.4 |
62. | Thu Apr 1, 1999 | Kelly Clark | 3.7 | 22.4 |
63. | Thu Jun 5, 1997 | David J. Kahn | 3.8 | 22.5 |
64. | Thu Oct 31, 2019 | Ezra Brauner and Jeff Chen | 3.8 | 22.5 |
65. | Thu Jul 24, 1997 | Randall J. Hartman | 3.9 | 22.6 |
66. | Thu Sep 30, 2004 | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon | 4.0 | 22.7 |
| Thu Oct 24, 2002 | Patrick Merrell | | |
68. | Thu Jul 20, 2006 | Kevin McCann | 4.1 | 22.7 |
69. | Thu Sep 2, 2010 | Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels | 4.1 | 22.7 |
70. | Thu Dec 30, 1999 | Alan Jay Weiss | 4.2 | 22.8 |
71. | Thu Jul 3, 2008 | Keith Talon | 4.3 | 22.8 |
72. | Thu Jun 28, 2007 | Joseph Crowley | 4.3 | 22.9 |
73. | Thu May 25, 1995 | Harvey Estes | 4.4 | 22.9 |
74. | Thu Sep 11, 2003 | Patrick Merrell | 4.5 | 22.9 |
75. | Thu Dec 15, 2005 | Patrick Merrell | 4.5 | 23.0 |
76. | Thu Aug 5, 2004 | Seth Abel | 4.6 | 23.0 |
| Thu Jan 11, 1996 | B. Jorgensen | | |
78. | Thu Sep 24, 2015 | Peter A. Collins | 4.7 | 23.0 |
79. | Thu Jul 4, 2002 | Nathaniel Weiss | 4.8 | 23.1 |
| Thu Mar 18, 2021 | Tom McCoy | | |
81. | Thu May 26, 2005 | David J. Kahn | 4.9 | 23.1 |
82. | Thu Dec 6, 2018 | Sophia Maymudes | 4.9 | 23.2 |
83. | Thu Jan 22, 1998 | Patrick Jordan | 5.0 | 23.3 |
| Thu Jan 2, 1997 | M. Gaffney | | |
| Thu Dec 28, 1995 | Cathy Millhauser | | |
86. | Thu Oct 29, 2015 | Sam Trabucco | 5.2 | 23.3 |
| Thu May 25, 2023 | Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin | | |
88. | Thu Dec 24, 2020 | Billy Ouska | 5.3 | 23.3 |
89. | Thu Mar 20, 2014 | Victor Barocas | 5.4 | 23.4 |
90. | Thu Sep 18, 2003 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 5.4 | 23.4 |
91. | Thu Dec 6, 2001 | Richard Silvestri | 5.5 | 23.5 |
92. | Thu Jun 15, 1995 | Norma Steinberg | 5.5 | 23.5 |
93. | Thu Nov 24, 2016 | Brian J. MacDonald | 5.6 | 23.5 |
94. | Thu Oct 16, 2003 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 5.7 | 23.5 |
95. | Thu Jul 20, 2023 | Drew Schmenner | 5.7 | 23.6 |
96. | Thu May 8, 2008 | Harvey Estes | 5.8 | 23.7 |
97. | Thu Jun 6, 2019 | Fred Piscop | 5.9 | 23.8 |
98. | Thu May 28, 1998 | Patrick Jordan | 5.9 | 23.8 |
| Thu Jan 20, 2000 | Jeremy Thomas Paine | | |
100. | Thu Nov 20, 1997 | Raymond Hamel | 6.0 | 23.8 |