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Friday 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:
Fri 11/26/1993
E | T | A | L | | P | E | R | S | E | | P | E | N | N |
R | A | V | E | | A | M | O | U | R | | E | T | T | U |
I | R | I | S | | T | E | A | M | S | | O | C | H | S |
C | A | V | E | A | T | E | M | P | T | O | R | | | |
| | | | D | E | R | | | | D | I | A | L | |
C | A | E | S | A | R | | R | A | R | A | A | V | I | S |
A | R | G | O | N | | S | O | M | A | | | I | S | T |
P | E | R | S | O | N | A | N | O | N | G | R | A | T | A |
R | O | E | | | E | N | D | S | | E | N | T | E | R |
A | L | T | E | R | E | G | O | | A | S | S | E | R | T |
| E | S | N | E | | | | E | D | S | | | | |
| | | N | O | L | E | N | S | V | O | L | E | N | S |
I | N | R | E | | E | N | A | T | E | | A | B | E | T |
N | O | T | A | | V | I | P | E | R | | N | A | I | L |
A | B | E | D | | I | D | E | S | T | | A | N | N | O |
Fri 2/11/1994
T | O | M | B | | S | A | D | A | T | | T | W | O | S |
A | B | E | L | | A | G | A | P | E | | H | A | R | K |
D | I | C | E | | L | E | N | I | N | | E | R | I | E |
| T | H | E | Y | A | S | K | E | D | M | E | H | O | W |
| | A | P | E | D | | | C | S | A | | O | L | E |
M | E | N | | T | B | O | N | E | | R | U | L | E | R |
G | A | I | T | | O | D | O | | T | D | S | | | |
M | U | C | H | I | W | E | I | G | H | I | S | A | I | D |
| | | A | F | L | | S | U | R | | R | I | C | E |
F | R | O | W | N | | G | E | T | O | N | | R | E | B |
R | O | T | | O | R | E | | | W | O | R | M | | |
A | B | O | U | T | O | N | C | E | A | W | E | E | K | |
P | R | O | S | | A | T | L | A | W | | A | D | A | M |
P | O | L | E | | C | L | A | R | A | | D | A | L | E |
E | Y | E | D | | H | E | N | N | Y | | S | L | E | D |
Fri 1/6/1995
C | H | O | P | | D | R | A | M | A | | | P | A | Y |
L | O | V | E | | A | E | S | I | R | | R | U | N | E |
I | R | A | T | E | M | A | I | L | C | L | E | R | K | S |
P | A | L | | D | A | D | A | | | E | M | I | L | E |
| | | C | A | G | Y | | A | S | S | U | M | E | S |
S | A | L | O | M | E | | C | L | A | S | S | | | |
A | X | I | L | | | C | L | O | S | E | | S | H | E |
N | E | V | E | R | G | R | O | U | S | E | T | H | E | Y |
E | L | Y | | O | L | A | N | D | | | R | E | A | R |
| | | A | M | U | S | E | | B | R | I | D | L | E |
R | E | S | U | M | E | S | | C | O | U | P | | | |
E | L | I | D | E | | | S | H | O | P | | O | R | B |
M | E | R | E | L | Y | S | T | A | M | P | A | W | A | Y |
A | M | E | N | | E | R | A | S | E | | S | E | C | T |
P | I | N | | | T | I | G | E | R | | K | N | E | E |
Fri 10/31/2003
D | E | P | T | H | | T | A | L | C | | P | A | I | L |
E | L | I | S | E | | R | E | A | L | | L | U | R | E |
L | A | N | K | Y | | A | R | I | A | | A | R | E | A |
I | N | K | | D | E | M | O | N | W | A | Y | A | N | S |
| | S | E | A | T | | | | | B | E | S | E | T |
H | O | L | L | Y | H | A | U | N | T | E | R | | | |
E | V | I | L | S | | S | T | O | O | L | | R | P | I |
R | I | P | S | | S | C | E | N | E | | D | E | N | T |
A | D | S | | F | A | I | R | E | | E | A | S | E | L |
| | | E | L | L | I | O | T | T | G | H | O | U | L |
U | M | B | R | A | | | | | I | G | L | U | | |
S | C | A | R | Y | F | I | S | H | E | R | | R | H | O |
U | R | S | A | | A | B | L | Y | | O | C | C | U | R |
R | A | I | N | | R | E | A | P | | L | I | E | G | E |
P | E | N | T | | E | X | P | O | | L | A | S | S | O |
Fri 12/24/2010
H | M | M | | A | R | C | H | | G | A | S | C | A | P |
E | A | U | | R | A | R | A | | E | S | P | A | N | A |
N | U | S | | C | H | U | R | C | H | H | Y | M | N | S |
| R | I | O | T | | | D | I | R | | | P | A | T |
M | I | C | H | A | E | L | C | A | I | N | E | | | |
M | T | S | I | N | A | I | | | G | E | T | A | T | |
E | A | T | | | C | E | L | T | | O | U | C | H | |
| N | A | U | G | H | T | Y | O | R | N | I | C | E | |
| I | N | S | O | | O | S | L | O | | | I | R | E |
| A | D | A | G | E | | | E | A | S | E | D | I | N |
| | | C | H | R | I | S | T | M | A | S | E | V | E |
A | V | A | | | O | A | K | | | L | O | N | I | |
S | I | L | E | N | T | N | I | G | H | T | | T | E | N |
S | C | E | N | E | I | | T | R | E | E | | A | R | E |
T | I | C | T | A | C | | S | E | E | D | | L | A | W |
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Stalest Friday thumbnails.
Rank | Date | Author | Fri. % | Score |
1. | Fri Nov 26, 1993 | Nancy A. Corbett | 0.0 | 14.3 |
2. | Fri Feb 11, 1994 | Harvey Estes | 0.1 | 20.7 |
3. | Fri Jan 6, 1995 | Fran & Lou Sabin | 0.1 | 20.8 |
4. | Fri Oct 31, 2003 | Earl L. Martin III | 0.2 | 20.9 |
5. | Fri Dec 24, 2010 | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor | 0.2 | 21.9 |
6. | Fri Apr 1, 1994 | Stanley Newman | 0.3 | 22.2 |
7. | Fri Jan 7, 1994 | Fred Piscop | 0.4 | 23.0 |
8. | Fri Feb 17, 1995 | Arthur S. Verdesca | 0.4 | 24.1 |
9. | Fri Jul 25, 2003 | Michael Shteyman | 0.5 | 24.2 |
10. | Fri Dec 21, 2001 | William I. Johnston | 0.5 | 24.6 |
11. | Fri Jun 3, 1994 | Norman S. Wizer | 0.6 | 25.1 |
12. | Fri Apr 1, 2022 | Evan Mahnken | 0.7 | 25.3 |
13. | Fri Mar 20, 1998 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 0.7 | 25.7 |
14. | Fri Dec 20, 2024 | Henry Josephson | 0.8 | 25.8 |
15. | Fri Jun 17, 1994 | Bryant White | 0.9 | 25.9 |
16. | Fri Aug 12, 1994 | Norman S. Wizer | 0.9 | 26.0 |
17. | Fri Dec 3, 1993 | Bill Click | 1.0 | 26.1 |
18. | Fri Feb 25, 1994 | Bob Lubbers | 1.0 | 26.1 |
19. | Fri Sep 25, 2020 | Rachel Fabi | 1.1 | 26.2 |
20. | Fri Apr 1, 2011 | Elizabeth A. Long | 1.2 | 26.5 |
21. | Fri Sep 8, 2000 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 1.2 | 26.7 |
22. | Fri Dec 31, 1999 | Peter Gordon | 1.3 | 26.9 |
23. | Fri Apr 6, 2001 | David J. Kahn | 1.3 | 26.9 |
24. | Fri Feb 2, 2001 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 1.4 | 27.2 |
25. | Fri Jan 17, 2025 | Willa Angel Chen Miller | 1.5 | 27.3 |
26. | Fri Dec 24, 1993 | Merl H. Reagle | 1.5 | 27.4 |
27. | Fri Nov 10, 1995 | Bryant White | 1.6 | 27.6 |
28. | Fri Dec 2, 2005 | Patrick Merrell | 1.6 | 27.6 |
29. | Fri Nov 22, 1996 | A. K. Justin | 1.7 | 27.7 |
30. | Fri Mar 7, 2003 | Harvey Estes | 1.8 | 27.7 |
31. | Fri Apr 1, 2005 | David Pringle | 1.8 | 27.9 |
32. | Fri Jul 7, 2006 | Joe Krozel | 1.9 | 28.0 |
33. | Fri Jul 4, 2008 | John Underwood | 2.0 | 28.1 |
34. | Fri Aug 13, 1999 | Frances Hansen | 2.0 | 28.1 |
35. | Fri Jul 21, 2023 | Robyn Weintraub | 2.1 | 28.1 |
36. | Fri Dec 26, 2003 | Robert H. Wolfe | 2.1 | 28.2 |
37. | Fri Apr 4, 2003 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 2.2 | 28.2 |
| Fri Sep 24, 1999 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | | |
39. | Fri Mar 11, 2022 | Robyn Weintraub | 2.3 | 28.3 |
40. | Fri Dec 17, 1993 | James Neal | 2.4 | 28.3 |
41. | Fri Sep 16, 2005 | Craig Kasper | 2.4 | 28.5 |
42. | Fri Apr 14, 2000 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 2.5 | 28.6 |
43. | Fri Aug 13, 2004 | Harvey Estes | 2.6 | 28.6 |
44. | Fri Jul 2, 2021 | Brooke Husic and Ada Nicolle | 2.6 | 28.7 |
45. | Fri May 20, 2005 | Harvey Estes | 2.7 | 28.9 |
46. | Fri Apr 23, 2021 | Robyn Weintraub | 2.7 | 28.9 |
47. | Fri Apr 22, 1994 | A.J. Santora | 2.8 | 28.9 |
48. | Fri Nov 30, 2012 | Gary Cee | 2.9 | 29.0 |
49. | Fri Feb 20, 1998 | Manny Nosowsky | 2.9 | 29.0 |
50. | Fri Oct 20, 2006 | Ed Early | 3.0 | 29.0 |
51. | Fri Aug 29, 1997 | Mark Diehl | 3.1 | 29.1 |
52. | Fri Apr 18, 2025 | Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis | 3.1 | 29.1 |
53. | Fri May 24, 2013 | Joe Krozel | 3.2 | 29.4 |
54. | Fri Jul 31, 2009 | Mike Nothnagel | 3.2 | 29.5 |
55. | Fri Mar 17, 1995 | Randolph Ross | 3.3 | 29.6 |
56. | Fri Nov 18, 2022 | Robyn Weintraub | 3.4 | 29.6 |
57. | Fri Dec 3, 2004 | Michael Shteyman | 3.4 | 29.7 |
58. | Fri Aug 23, 1996 | M. Ashwood-Smith | 3.5 | 29.7 |
59. | Fri Apr 24, 1998 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 3.5 | 29.9 |
60. | Fri Nov 18, 1994 | Timothy S. Lewis | 3.6 | 29.9 |
61. | Fri Apr 4, 2025 | Karen Steinberg | 3.7 | 30.0 |
62. | Fri Mar 25, 1994 | Harvey Estes | 3.7 | 30.1 |
63. | Fri Feb 18, 1994 | Manny Nosowsky | 3.8 | 30.2 |
64. | Fri Dec 22, 2000 | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Emmett Quigley | 3.8 | 30.2 |
65. | Fri Aug 26, 1994 | Timothy S. Lewis | 3.9 | 30.4 |
66. | Fri Jul 15, 2005 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 4.0 | 30.5 |
67. | Fri Apr 8, 2022 | Caitlin Reid | 4.0 | 30.6 |
68. | Fri Apr 29, 2022 | Erica Hsiung Wojcik | 4.1 | 30.8 |
69. | Fri Apr 15, 2011 | Patrick Berry | 4.1 | 30.8 |
70. | Fri Jun 8, 2001 | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | 4.2 | 30.9 |
71. | Fri Aug 19, 1994 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 4.3 | 31.0 |
72. | Fri Jun 14, 2024 | Robyn Weintraub | 4.3 | 31.1 |
73. | Fri Feb 3, 2012 | Joel Kaplow | 4.4 | 31.1 |
74. | Fri Feb 14, 2020 | Daniel Larsen | 4.5 | 31.2 |
75. | Fri May 21, 1999 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 4.5 | 31.2 |
| Fri Dec 18, 2020 | Damon Gulczynski | | |
| Fri Jun 30, 1995 | Rich Norris | | |
78. | Fri Jul 29, 2022 | Robyn Weintraub | 4.7 | 31.3 |
79. | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen | 4.8 | 31.5 |
80. | Fri Oct 4, 1996 | M. Ashwood-Smith | 4.8 | 31.5 |
81. | Fri Jan 14, 2000 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 4.9 | 31.6 |
82. | Fri Apr 30, 2010 | Natan Last | 4.9 | 31.6 |
83. | Fri Mar 17, 2017 | Jacob Stulberg | 5.0 | 31.6 |
84. | Fri Jul 21, 2000 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 5.1 | 31.7 |
85. | Fri Mar 29, 1996 | C. Millhauser | 5.1 | 31.7 |
86. | Fri Oct 1, 1999 | John Wolting | 5.2 | 31.7 |
87. | Fri May 8, 1998 | Harvey Estes | 5.2 | 31.8 |
88. | Fri Jun 9, 2023 | Robyn Weintraub | 5.3 | 31.9 |
89. | Fri Jan 8, 2010 | Patrick Berry | 5.4 | 31.9 |
90. | Fri Mar 18, 2022 | Claire Rimkus and Brooke Husic | 5.4 | 32.1 |
91. | Fri Apr 1, 2016 | Peter Gordon | 5.5 | 32.1 |
92. | Fri Mar 25, 2022 | Evans Clinchy | 5.6 | 32.2 |
93. | Fri Jun 3, 2005 | Jim Hyres | 5.6 | 32.2 |
| Fri Oct 14, 1994 | Bob Sefick | | |
95. | Fri Aug 18, 2023 | Kameron Austin Collins | 5.7 | 32.2 |
96. | Fri Sep 23, 2022 | Erik Agard | 5.8 | 32.2 |
97. | Fri Jun 2, 2023 | John Ewbank | 5.9 | 32.3 |
98. | Fri Mar 14, 2003 | Kevin Hagen | 5.9 | 32.3 |
99. | Fri Nov 24, 1995 | Bob Klahn | 6.0 | 32.4 |
100. | Fri Dec 10, 1993 | Alex K. Justin | 6.0 | 32.4 |