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Saturday 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:

Robert H. Wolfe Mark Diehl Manny Nosowsky Joy L. Wouk Trip Payne Patrick Berry A. J. Santora James M. Jenista James C. Jenista David J. Kahn Jim Page
Sat 12/11/1993
DRAGPETITSLUR
AURAAGENAKYRA
FROMCTOSHININGC
TAMERSLALANEE
LADEALONE
PALERUDITE
ACHIEVERETRE
BLESSEDRTHEMEEK
BOLLSURNAMES
ATLASESNSW
MORESROME
SOBLATHSARANS
THEBOSTONTPARTY
AIDEELENALIEN
NOSESEDERSORE
Sat 4/3/1999
PTASPREPACTS
ABLEELULECLAT
PALMRISESCALA
PRAIRIESCHOONER
BATTITEUSSR
ROBERTAEON
BEASERNOATBAY
AIRTOAIRMISSILE
ANDREGOALPREP
ARCUNLOADS
KROCPALEDYS
MASTERSERGEANTS
AMAINSTOABEER
RIGORETALLSAT
TEENYTENETTA
Sat 5/10/1997
COEDSHIPADLIB
HALEPOKETRADE
ITSAOVENVIRAL
CHERKNEECHO
YGRFITHSHOW
DIVIDEAMBIT
EMIRSTPATGAS
JPEANUTTERSWICH
ASSEMAILERMA
TSARSTABLED
BEAVISTHEAD
OLDSNOSSORS
AIDESYETIEXIT
STETSAGESMESA
TERSEWORMINKY
Sat 7/16/1994
STROMVPSSPA
CHARODIEMSPUR
REDONIONROMAINE
ARITRUELIMN
PACTEGGSTOMATO
EMCEEHALSCOW
HERARUBSHON
RAISINSCROUTONS
UFOETTUZEAL
MACSECUTRICK
PRAWNSNUTSOVAL
RAILMUNIERE
PARSLEYBROCCOLI
UHOHPEENORION
GATTARNOLTE
Sat 11/5/1994
MCCNATHGAEL
LEAHADUEBIBLE
TAKEITORLEAVEIT
DREWALONGBREATH
ASSTFARSMEE
TEMPOOSU
UTAHERRSSPOIL
TAKESTOTHESTUMP
ERASEWHEEHIPS
CAPEAGRE
ASHERAWOGRE
BEINTOSOMETHING
HAVEASCREWLOOSE
OTEROOSTESTUN
ROSYTEARTSE

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

RankDateAuthorSat. %Score
1.Sat Dec 11, 1993Robert H. Wolfe0.018.8
2.Sat Apr 3, 1999Pat M. Hugel0.120.6
3.Sat May 10, 1997Isabel Walcott0.121.0
4.Sat Jul 16, 1994Mark Diehl0.223.3
5.Sat Nov 5, 1994Manny Nosowsky0.224.6
6.Sat Jan 18, 2025Scott McMahon0.324.6
7.Sat Aug 27, 1994Joy L. Wouk0.425.3
8.Sat Nov 1, 2008Donald K. Willing0.426.1
9.Sat Mar 31, 2007John Duschatko0.526.4
10.Sat Jan 22, 1994Raymond Hamel0.526.9
11.Sat Nov 1, 2014Trip Payne0.627.4
12.Sat Oct 22, 2011Patrick Berry0.727.9
13.Sat Feb 2, 2002A. J. Santora0.728.4
Sat Jan 3, 2004James M. and James C. Jenista
15.Sat Feb 28, 1998David J. Kahn0.928.9
16.Sat Jun 2, 2001Jim Page0.929.0
17.Sat Jan 8, 1994Rand H. Burns1.029.3
18.Sat Dec 25, 2010Stanley Newman1.029.3
19.Sat May 3, 2003John Scott Marrone1.129.7
20.Sat Apr 29, 2023David Steinberg1.230.1
21.Sat Mar 25, 2023Robyn Weintraub1.230.1
22.Sat Aug 17, 2002Frank Longo1.330.3
23.Sat Sep 28, 2002Raymond Hamel1.330.4
24.Sat Oct 27, 2001Trip Payne1.430.4
25.Sat Sep 9, 2000Dana Motley1.530.5
26.Sat Apr 16, 1994Rand H. Burns1.531.1
27.Sat Dec 25, 2004Byron Walden1.631.1
28.Sat Apr 27, 1996F. Hansen1.631.3
29.Sat Dec 19, 1998Frank Longo and Dave Tuller1.731.4
30.Sat Oct 17, 1998Bryant White1.831.6
31.Sat Jan 6, 2024Ben Tolkin and Julian Xiao1.831.9
32.Sat Dec 25, 1999John Scott Marrone1.931.9
33.Sat Sep 30, 1995Bryant White2.032.2
34.Sat Mar 18, 2023Ada Nicolle2.032.3
35.Sat Dec 10, 2005Henry Hook2.132.3
36.Sat Feb 14, 2009Joe Krozel2.132.4
37.Sat Aug 23, 2014Timothy Polin2.232.5
38.Sat Jul 2, 1994Bryant White2.332.6
39.Sat Nov 19, 2016Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen2.332.6
40.Sat Sep 19, 2009Mel Taub2.433.0
41.Sat Nov 6, 1999Joan Bayer Williamson2.433.0
42.Sat Dec 6, 2008Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan2.533.1
43.Sat Nov 6, 2021Brooke Husic and Will Nediger2.633.2
44.Sat Dec 19, 2020Caitlin Reid and Andrew J. Ries2.633.3
45.Sat Apr 25, 2020Andrew J. Ries2.733.5
46.Sat Oct 24, 1998Rich Norris2.733.6
47.Sat Dec 27, 1997Martin Ashwood-Smith2.833.7
48.Sat Jan 21, 2023David Distenfeld2.933.8
49.Sat Jul 10, 2021Trenton Charlson2.933.9
50.Sat Apr 1, 2006Kevan Choset and David Kwong3.034.0
51.Sat May 28, 2022Joseph Greenbaum3.134.2
52.Sat Aug 9, 1997Raymond Hamel3.134.3
53.Sat Jan 18, 2003Harvey Estes3.234.5
54.Sat Jul 1, 2000Rich Norris3.234.5
55.Sat Dec 4, 2010Doug Peterson3.334.6
56.Sat Jun 14, 1997A. J. Santora3.434.8
57.Sat Jun 21, 2008Tyler Lewis Hinman3.434.8
58.Sat Dec 3, 1994Rich Norris3.534.9
59.Sat May 23, 2020Wyna Liu and Erik Agard3.534.9
60.Sat Feb 19, 2011Tim Croce3.635.2
61.Sat Mar 3, 2018Damon Gulczynski3.735.3
62.Sat Jun 12, 2004Henry Hook3.735.4
63.Sat Dec 4, 1993Glenton Petgrave3.835.4
64.Sat May 13, 2017Jeff Chen3.835.5
65.Sat Jan 20, 2024Caitlin Reid and Matthew Stock3.935.5
66.Sat Jul 23, 1994Randolph Ross4.035.6
67.Sat Jul 15, 2023Jeff Chen4.035.7
68.Sat May 11, 2019Robyn Weintraub4.135.8
69.Sat Aug 22, 2020Trenton Charlson4.135.8
70.Sat Jun 26, 2010Robert H. Wolfe4.235.8
71.Sat Apr 26, 2014Evan Birnholz4.335.9
72.Sat Aug 5, 2017David Phillips4.335.9
Sat Jul 24, 2004Dana Motley
Sat Jun 8, 2019Andrew J. Ries
75.Sat Oct 16, 2004Dana Motley4.536.1
76.Sat Nov 18, 1995Glenton Petgrave4.636.1
77.Sat Feb 17, 1996Bob Sefick4.636.2
Sat Mar 10, 2001Charles E. Gersch
79.Sat Sep 17, 2016Andrew J. Ries4.836.2
Sat Jan 14, 1995Rich Norris
81.Sat Dec 7, 1996R. H. Burns4.936.4
82.Sat Jun 3, 2000Patrick D. Berry4.936.4
Sat Jun 21, 2003Dana Motley
84.Sat Apr 28, 2012Gary J. Whitehead5.136.5
Sat Aug 10, 2002Dana Motley
86.Sat Oct 17, 2015Timothy Polin5.236.5
87.Sat Apr 7, 2007Michael Shteyman5.236.6
Sat Aug 24, 2013Frederick J. Healy
89.Sat Feb 5, 1994Rand H. Burns5.436.6
90.Sat Sep 9, 2017John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins5.436.6
91.Sat Dec 31, 2005Robert H. Wolfe5.536.6
92.Sat May 8, 2021David Steinberg5.636.8
93.Sat Jun 14, 2003Manny Nosowsky5.636.8
94.Sat Dec 30, 2023Simeon Seigel5.736.9
95.Sat Aug 26, 2006Henry Hook5.736.9
Sat Aug 15, 1998Rich Norris
97.Sat Oct 13, 2001Jim Page5.936.9
98.Sat May 8, 1999Richard Hughes5.937.1
99.Sat Jul 29, 2000Rich Norris6.037.1
100.Sat Jun 16, 2001Dana Motley6.037.1
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