These puzzles have the highest Freshness Factor.
It's a rough estimate of how unusual the answer words in a particular puzzle are.
Click any date to see the puzzle, and then click the Freshness link to see the analysis.
| Rank | Date | Freshness | Author |
| 1 | Saturday, December 15, 2001 | 96.2 | Frank A. Longo |
| 2 | Friday, January 21, 2005 | 95.6 | Frank Longo |
| 3 | Saturday, July 15, 2006 | 93.4 | Patrick Berry |
| 4 | Saturday, December 22, 2007 | 93.3 | Harvey Estes |
| 5 | Saturday, May 07, 2005 | 93.0 | Patrick Berry |
| 6 | Friday, October 24, 1997 | 92.7 | Frank Longo |
| 7 | Friday, October 17, 2008 | 92.7 | Patrick Berry |
| 8 | Friday, January 04, 2008 | 91.9 | Raymond C. Young |
| 9 | Saturday, January 20, 2007 | 91.4 | Harvey Estes |
| 10 | Saturday, January 01, 2005 | 91.1 | Raymond C. Young |
| 11 | Saturday, September 20, 2008 | 90.3 | Joe Krozel |
| 12 | Saturday, December 01, 2007 | 90.0 | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 13 | Saturday, January 21, 2006 | 89.9 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 14 | Friday, August 22, 1997 | 89.8 | Frank Longo |
| 15 | Saturday, December 09, 2006 | 89.5 | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 16 | Saturday, August 07, 2004 | 89.2 | Patrick Berry |
| 17 | Saturday, July 28, 2007 | 89.0 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 18 | Friday, March 11, 2005 | 88.7 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 19 | Friday, January 10, 2003 | 88.6 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 20 | Saturday, March 01, 2008 | 88.2 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 21 | Friday, September 10, 2004 | 88.0 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 22 | Saturday, March 22, 2008 | 87.8 | Byron Walden |
| 23 | Friday, September 22, 2006 | 87.8 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 24 | Saturday, June 18, 2005 | 87.6 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 25 | Saturday, April 14, 2007 | 87.3 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 26 | Saturday, November 26, 2005 | 87.2 | Rich Norris |
| 27 | Friday, July 28, 2006 | 87.1 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 28 | Saturday, November 13, 2004 | 87.1 | Frank Longo |
| 29 | Friday, January 16, 2004 | 87.1 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 30 | Saturday, October 20, 2001 | 86.9 | Patrick Berry |
| 31 | Friday, January 27, 2006 | 86.8 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 32 | Saturday, October 15, 2005 | 86.4 | Paula Gamache |
| 33 | Saturday, December 22, 2001 | 86.4 | Trip Payne |
| 34 | Saturday, October 08, 2005 | 86.3 | Byron Walden |
| 35 | Friday, June 04, 2004 | 86.1 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 36 | Saturday, October 21, 2006 | 85.8 | David Quarfoot |
| 37 | Saturday, March 17, 2007 | 85.7 | John Farmer |
| 38 | Friday, August 22, 2008 | 85.7 | Kevin G. Der |
| 39 | Friday, December 09, 2005 | 85.7 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 40 | Friday, May 02, 2008 | 85.6 | Barry C. Silk |
| 41 | Saturday, November 09, 1996 | 85.6 | F. Longo |
| 42 | Friday, March 02, 2001 | 85.5 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 43 | Friday, November 22, 2002 | 85.5 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 44 | Saturday, July 10, 2004 | 85.4 | Bob Peoples |
| 45 | Friday, August 22, 2003 | 85.2 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 46 | Saturday, November 11, 2006 | 85.1 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 47 | Saturday, March 08, 2003 | 85.1 | Patrick Berry |
| 48 | Friday, June 07, 2002 | 85.1 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 49 | Saturday, September 04, 2004 | 85.0 | Patrick Berry |
| 50 | Friday, February 08, 2002 | 85.0 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 51 | Saturday, January 23, 1999 | 84.8 | Frank Longo |
| 52 | Friday, July 01, 2005 | 84.6 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 53 | Saturday, October 29, 1994 | 84.6 | Frank A. Longo |
| 54 | Friday, February 16, 1996 | 84.6 | M. Nosowsky |
| 55 | Saturday, November 01, 2003 | 84.5 | Bob Peoples |
| 56 | Saturday, August 24, 2002 | 84.4 | Chuck Menning |
| 57 | Saturday, September 14, 2002 | 84.2 | Bruce L. Bliven |
| 58 | Saturday, April 28, 2007 | 84.2 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 59 | Saturday, January 10, 2004 | 84.1 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 60 | Saturday, June 18, 1994 | 84.1 | Randolph Ross |
| 61 | Friday, May 16, 1997 | 84.0 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 62 | Saturday, October 09, 1999 | 83.8 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 63 | Friday, July 24, 1998 | 83.8 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 64 | Friday, November 19, 1999 | 83.8 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 65 | Friday, November 03, 2006 | 83.6 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 66 | Saturday, January 29, 2005 | 83.6 | Patrick Berry |
| 67 | Friday, November 29, 2002 | 83.5 | Patrick Berry |
| 68 | Friday, May 16, 2008 | 83.5 | Kevin G. Der |
| 69 | Friday, April 11, 2008 | 83.3 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 70 | Saturday, March 27, 2004 | 83.3 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 71 | Saturday, January 13, 2007 | 83.3 | Patrick Berry |
| 72 | Saturday, September 06, 2008 | 83.2 | Barry C. Silk |
| 73 | Saturday, June 09, 2007 | 83.2 | Karen M. Tracey |
| 74 | Saturday, June 29, 1996 | 83.2 | F. Longo |
| 75 | Saturday, January 06, 2007 | 83.2 | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 76 | Saturday, June 03, 2006 | 83.1 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 77 | Saturday, February 16, 2008 | 83.1 | Tony Orbach |
| 78 | Saturday, February 15, 1997 | 83.0 | J. Clonick |
| 79 | Friday, May 30, 1997 | 83.0 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 80 | Friday, July 25, 2008 | 83.0 | John Farmer |
| 81 | Saturday, March 19, 2005 | 83.0 | Jim Hyres |
| 82 | Friday, June 11, 1999 | 83.0 | Jim Page |
| 83 | Saturday, July 12, 2003 | 82.7 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 84 | Friday, December 21, 2007 | 82.6 | Patrick Berry |
| 85 | Saturday, March 05, 2005 | 82.6 | Bob Peoples |
| 86 | Friday, July 19, 2002 | 82.4 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 87 | Saturday, September 04, 1999 | 82.4 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 88 | Saturday, May 18, 2002 | 82.4 | Trip Payne |
| 89 | Friday, September 22, 2000 | 82.4 | Manny Nosowsky |
| 90 | Friday, July 11, 2008 | 82.4 | Barry C. Silk |
| 91 | Saturday, March 04, 2006 | 82.4 | Bob Peoples |
| 92 | Sunday, July 11, 2004 | 82.4 | Randolph Ross |
| 93 | Friday, October 17, 1997 | 82.3 | Alan Jay Weiss |
| 94 | Friday, February 15, 2008 | 82.3 | Patrick Berry |
| 95 | Saturday, February 09, 2002 | 82.3 | Rich Norris |
| 96 | Saturday, June 15, 1996 | 82.3 | R. Ross |
| 97 | Saturday, March 13, 2004 | 82.3 | Harvey Estes |
| 98 | Saturday, April 12, 2008 | 82.2 | Byron Walden |
| 99 | Friday, December 14, 2001 | 82.2 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 100 | Saturday, February 21, 2004 | 82.1 | Brendan Quigley and Patrick Berry |