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Record setting letter counts, 15x15 puzzles only

This page shows the Top Ten Modern Era puzzles by letter count for each letter of the alphabet.

Most recent record entry is Tuesday, January 16, 2024 by Marshal Herrmann with 39 Ls.

Most recent Top Ten entry is Wednesday, April 24, 2024 by Jeffrey Martinovic with 16 Ms.

Note: rebus puzzles are excluded.

Letter	Count	Date	Size	Author
A	69	Thu Mar 21, 2002	15 x 15	Patrick Berry
	48	Tue Jan 7, 2003	15 x 15	Peter Gordon
	41	Mon May 20, 2013	15 x 15	Tim Croce
	39	Tue Mar 8, 2011	15 x 15	Paul Hunsberger
	38	Wed Nov 16, 2016	15 x 15	Jim Peredo
	38	Wed Dec 21, 2005	15 x 15	David J. Kahn
	38	Tue May 4, 1999	15 x 15	Gayle Dean
	37	Tue Jul 16, 2019	15 x 15	Ross Trudeau
	37	Wed May 16, 2012	15 x 15	Kevin Adamick
	37	Thu Oct 15, 2009	15 x 15	Victor Fleming

B	48	Wed Aug 25, 2010	15 x 15	Clive Probert
	35	Tue Apr 19, 2011	15 x 15	Randall J. Hartman
	23	Mon Jun 16, 2014	15 x 15	Bruce Haight
	20	Wed Mar 17, 1999	15 x 15	Myles Callum
	19	Wed Feb 7, 2001	15 x 15	Kent Lorentzen
	18	Mon Apr 1, 2019	15 x 15	Joel Fagliano
	16	Tue Jul 24, 2012	15 x 15	Andrew Marc Greene
	16	Mon Apr 30, 2012	15 x 15	Susan L. Stanislawski
	15	Wed Jul 10, 2013	15 x 15	Ed Sessa
	15	Tue Apr 8, 2003	15 x 15	Verna Suit

C	20	Mon Oct 10, 2011	15 x 15	Ian C. Livengood
	18	Wed Apr 25, 2012	15 x 15	Peter Wentz
	17	Tue Sep 5, 2023	15 x 15	Alan Siegel
	16	Tue Oct 11, 2011	15 x 15	Ed Sessa
	16	Thu Dec 12, 2002	15 x 15	Michael Shteyman
	16	Sat Feb 20, 1999	15 x 15	Rich Norris
	15	Thu Sep 19, 2013	15 x 15	Michael Blake
	15	Sat Jan 12, 2013	15 x 15	Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber
	15	Sat Nov 19, 2011	15 x 15	Allan E. Parrish
	15	Wed Dec 21, 2005	15 x 15	David J. Kahn

D	24	Tue Jun 6, 2000	15 x 15	Alan Arbesfeld
	20	Wed Aug 10, 2005	15 x 15	Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette
	19	Mon Aug 11, 2008	15 x 15	Thomas Heilman
	18	Sat Feb 18, 2017	15 x 15	Steve Overton
	18	Mon Feb 15, 2010	15 x 15	Lynn Lempel
	18	Wed Feb 21, 2007	15 x 15	Elizabeth C. Gorski
	18	Fri Apr 17, 1998	15 x 15	Matt Gaffney
	17	Tue Dec 26, 2023	15 x 15	Neil Shook
	17	Tue Oct 17, 2023	15 x 15	Dominic Grillo
	16	Mon May 17, 2021	15 x 15	Wren Schultz

E	78	Tue Feb 9, 1999	15 x 15	Janet R. Bender
	71	Tue May 28, 1996	15 x 15	J. R. Bender
	48	Thu Dec 15, 2005	15 x 15	Patrick Merrell
	47	Thu Dec 26, 2002	15 x 15	Cathy Millhauser
	46	Wed Sep 17, 2014	15 x 15	Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo
	45	Tue Mar 1, 2016	15 x 15	Freddie Cheng
	44	Wed Aug 21, 2019	15 x 15	Samuel A. Donaldson
	44	Tue Apr 16, 1996	15 x 15	G. E. Paul
	42	Sat Sep 8, 2007	15 x 15	Brendan Emmett Quigley
	42	Mon Mar 5, 2007	15 x 15	Fred Piscop

F	12	Mon Jun 12, 2006	15 x 15	Curtis Yee
	12	Wed Dec 20, 2000	15 x 15	Alan Arbesfeld
	10	Mon May 3, 2021	15 x 15	Ross Trudeau
	10	Wed Jun 1, 2011	15 x 15	Elizabeth C. Gorski
	10	Tue Jun 15, 2010	15 x 15	Jill Winslow
	10	Sat May 24, 2003	15 x 15	Rich Norris
	9	Wed Mar 22, 2023	15 x 15	Madeline Kaplan
	9	Wed Dec 21, 2022	15 x 15	Nancy Stark and Will Nediger
	9	Mon May 11, 2015	15 x 15	Joe DiPietro
	9	Mon Jun 30, 2014	15 x 15	Ed Sessa

G	20	Mon Apr 1, 2019	15 x 15	Joel Fagliano
	19	Wed Jan 30, 2008	15 x 15	Peter A. Collins
	15	Tue Apr 14, 2015	15 x 15	Bruce Haight
	14	Fri May 17, 2019	15 x 15	Adam Fromm
	14	Thu Apr 2, 2009	15 x 15	Brendan Emmett Quigley
	13	Wed Jan 9, 2019	15 x 15	Trenton Charlson
	13	Tue Sep 8, 2015	15 x 15	Jacob Stulberg
	12	Thu Aug 17, 2017	15 x 15	Peter A. Collins
	12	Sat Nov 4, 2006	15 x 15	Rich Norris
	12	Tue Jan 31, 2006	15 x 15	Patrick Merrell

H	20	Tue May 7, 2013	15 x 15	Jeff Chen
	17	Wed Dec 25, 2019	15 x 15	Bruce Haight
	16	Mon Dec 6, 2010	15 x 15	Richard Chisholm
	16	Mon May 12, 2008	15 x 15	Randall J. Hartman
	15	Thu Apr 3, 2014	15 x 15	David Benkof and Jeff Chen
	15	Tue Dec 6, 2011	15 x 15	Steven E. Atwood
	15	Tue May 16, 2006	15 x 15	Nancy Salomon
	15	Mon Jan 14, 2002	15 x 15	Michael Shteyman
	14	Tue Sep 22, 2020	15 x 15	Jeremy Newton
	14	Mon Jul 20, 2020	15 x 15	Alex Eaton-Salners

I	51	Wed Jan 9, 2019	15 x 15	Trenton Charlson
	27	Mon Aug 12, 2013	15 x 15	Daniel Raymon
	24	Mon Feb 4, 2019	15 x 15	Ali Gascoigne
	24	Wed Jun 2, 2010	15 x 15	Adam Cohen
	24	Mon Mar 7, 1994	15 x 15	Alex K. Justin
	23	Thu Dec 3, 2015	15 x 15	Patrick Merrell
	23	Thu Oct 23, 2014	15 x 15	Patrick Blindauer
	23	Wed Oct 2, 2013	15 x 15	Paula Gamache
	23	Thu Jun 10, 1999	15 x 15	Adam G. Perl
	23	Wed Feb 4, 1998	15 x 15	Fred Piscop

J	11	Mon Apr 20, 2009	15 x 15	Randall J. Hartman
	9	Tue Feb 4, 2014	15 x 15	David Steinberg
	9	Tue Dec 10, 1996	15 x 15	D. Niles
	6	Wed Sep 21, 2016	15 x 15	Matthew Sewell
	6	Sat Aug 22, 2015	15 x 15	Barry C. Silk
	6	Wed Oct 10, 2012	15 x 15	Pete Muller
	6	Wed Jul 22, 2009	15 x 15	Patrick Blindauer
	5	Tue Dec 7, 2021	15 x 15	Margaret Seikel
	5	Sat Jan 9, 2021	15 x 15	Trenton Charlson
	5	Wed Aug 10, 2016	15 x 15	David C. Duncan Dekker

K	18	Thu May 24, 2007	15 x 15	Patrick Merrell
	11	Tue Feb 27, 2024	15 x 15	Nate Cardin
	11	Sat Sep 3, 2011	15 x 15	Peter Wentz
	11	Fri Nov 7, 2008	15 x 15	Kevin G. Der
	11	Mon Oct 6, 2003	15 x 15	Barry Silk
	10	Mon Feb 1, 2010	15 x 15	Scott Atkinson
	10	Thu Jan 26, 2006	15 x 15	Manny Nosowsky
	10	Thu Jan 8, 2004	15 x 15	Michael Shteyman
	10	Mon Sep 25, 2000	15 x 15	Peter Gordon
	9	Thu Mar 7, 2019	15 x 15	Brian Thomas

L	39	Tue Jan 16, 2024	15 x 15	Marshal Herrmann
	35	Mon Jul 18, 1994	15 x 15	Wayne Robert Williams
	33	Tue Jan 16, 2001	15 x 15	Peter Gordon
	30	Tue Aug 14, 2001	15 x 15	Randall J. Hartman
	25	Mon Aug 11, 2014	15 x 15	David Steinberg and Bernice Gordon
	23	Wed May 1, 2013	15 x 15	Paula Gamache
	23	Tue Apr 4, 1995	15 x 15	David J. Kahn
	22	Sat Dec 19, 2015	15 x 15	Damon Gulczynski
	22	Tue Jul 7, 2015	15 x 15	Daniel Raymon
	22	Mon Jun 21, 2004	15 x 15	Craig Kasper

M	46	Wed Dec 6, 2017	15 x 15	Clive Probert
	25	Mon Sep 16, 2013	15 x 15	Ed Sessa
	17	Tue May 2, 2023	15 x 15	Aimee Lucido
	17	Thu Nov 17, 2022	15 x 15	Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman
	17	Tue Dec 10, 2013	15 x 15	Bill Thompson
	16	Wed Apr 24, 2024	15 x 15	Jeffrey Martinovic
	16	Tue Jul 6, 2021	15 x 15	Katie Hale
	16	Wed Nov 5, 2014	15 x 15	Gareth Bain
	16	Mon May 20, 2013	15 x 15	Tim Croce
	15	Mon Dec 11, 2023	15 x 15	Luke K. Schreiber

N	26	Mon Oct 21, 2019	15 x 15	Joe Deeney
	26	Thu Apr 1, 2004	15 x 15	Byron Walden
	25	Fri May 13, 2011	15 x 15	Joe Krozel
	24	Wed Nov 16, 2016	15 x 15	Jim Peredo
	24	Sat Mar 7, 2009	15 x 15	Joe Krozel
	24	Wed Feb 12, 1997	15 x 15	M. E. Skolsky
	23	Wed Nov 9, 2011	15 x 15	Paula Gamache
	23	Sat Mar 12, 2005	15 x 15	Byron Walden
	23	Wed Jun 30, 2004	15 x 15	Brendan Emmett Quigley
	23	Fri Dec 10, 1993	15 x 15	Alex K. Justin

O	69	Tue Jun 19, 2012	15 x 15	Steve Riley
	34	Thu Dec 16, 1993	15 x 15	Nancy Joline
	33	Mon Aug 1, 2016	15 x 15	Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette
	33	Tue Apr 28, 2015	15 x 15	José Chardiet
	31	Sat Sep 5, 2015	15 x 15	Byron Walden
	30	Wed Dec 25, 2019	15 x 15	Bruce Haight
	30	Wed May 11, 2016	15 x 15	Pawel Fludzinski
	30	Wed Nov 3, 1999	15 x 15	Greg Staples
	30	Mon Mar 14, 1994	15 x 15	Ernie Furtado
	29	Fri Feb 16, 2024	15 x 15	Colin Adams

P	20	Mon Oct 10, 2022	15 x 15	Byron Walden
	19	Thu Jul 14, 2011	15 x 15	Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ian Livengood
	19	Tue Jun 16, 2009	15 x 15	Paula Gamache
	17	Mon Sep 1, 2003	15 x 15	Barry Silk
	16	Tue Jun 6, 2023	15 x 15	Daniel Jaret
	16	Thu Aug 4, 2022	15 x 15	Ella Dershowitz
	16	Thu Aug 31, 2006	15 x 15	Patrick Merrell
	16	Tue Oct 25, 1994	15 x 15	Lois Sidway
	15	Mon Mar 25, 2019	15 x 15	Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels
	15	Tue Sep 8, 2015	15 x 15	Jacob Stulberg

Q	12	Fri Feb 16, 1996	15 x 15	M. Nosowsky
	10	Thu Jul 14, 2011	15 x 15	Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ian Livengood
	6	Tue Sep 13, 2016	15 x 15	Stanley Newman
	6	Wed Aug 6, 2014	15 x 15	Brendan Emmett Quigley
	6	Fri Apr 4, 2008	15 x 15	David Quarfoot
	6	Thu Dec 10, 1998	15 x 15	Peter Gordon
	6	Wed Mar 19, 1997	15 x 15	Trip Payne
	6	Thu May 11, 1995	15 x 15	Wayne Robert Williams
	5	Mon Dec 18, 2023	15 x 15	Joe Marquez
	5	Mon Jan 24, 2022	15 x 15	John Guzzetta

R	49	Wed Nov 11, 2015	15 x 15	David Steinberg
	30	Tue Mar 8, 2011	15 x 15	Paul Hunsberger
	26	Tue Apr 14, 2015	15 x 15	Bruce Haight
	26	Mon Dec 12, 2011	15 x 15	Gary Cee
	25	Wed Oct 19, 2016	15 x 15	Tom Pepper
	25	Tue Apr 5, 2011	15 x 15	E. J. Masicampo
	25	Fri Dec 19, 2008	15 x 15	Natan Last
	25	Fri Oct 13, 2006	15 x 15	Eric Berlin
	25	Tue Mar 12, 1996	15 x 15	R. J. Hartman
	24	Tue Apr 20, 2021	15 x 15	Adam Wagner

S	36	Thu Dec 15, 2005	15 x 15	Patrick Merrell
	35	Tue Apr 18, 2017	15 x 15	Bruce Haight
	35	Mon Sep 21, 2015	15 x 15	Bruce Haight
	35	Sat Aug 24, 2002	15 x 15	Chuck Menning
	34	Thu Feb 9, 2012	15 x 15	Kevin G. Der
	34	Wed Feb 2, 2011	15 x 15	Peter A. Collins
	31	Mon Apr 15, 2024	15 x 15	Amanda Winters
	31	Sat Oct 29, 2022	15 x 15	Daniel Okulitch
	31	Mon Jul 26, 2021	15 x 15	Tommy Pauly
	31	Tue Apr 14, 2015	15 x 15	Bruce Haight

T	55	Sat Apr 1, 2000	15 x 15	Manny Nosowsky
	51	Wed Aug 3, 2011	15 x 15	Paul Guttormsson
	32	Thu Feb 19, 1998	15 x 15	A. J. Santora
	31	Tue Apr 14, 2015	15 x 15	Bruce Haight
	27	Tue Apr 18, 2017	15 x 15	Bruce Haight
	27	Sat Feb 26, 2000	15 x 15	Bob Klahn
	26	Fri Aug 28, 2020	15 x 15	Kate Hawkins
	26	Sat May 12, 2012	15 x 15	Caleb Madison
	26	Sat Jun 24, 2006	15 x 15	Harvey Estes
	26	Fri Feb 3, 2006	15 x 15	Manny Nosowsky

U	19	Fri Feb 16, 1996	15 x 15	M. Nosowsky
	15	Wed Dec 6, 1995	15 x 15	Chet Currier
	14	Thu Jul 14, 2011	15 x 15	Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ian Livengood
	14	Fri Apr 26, 1996	15 x 15	W. Johnson
	13	Mon Aug 28, 2023	15 x 15	Brian Callahan
	13	Wed Aug 1, 2018	15 x 15	Sande Milton and Jeff Chen
	13	Sat Jun 25, 2011	15 x 15	Barry C. Silk
	13	Thu Jul 22, 2004	15 x 15	Greg Staples
	12	Mon Jan 24, 2022	15 x 15	John Guzzetta
	12	Mon Mar 21, 2016	15 x 15	Michael Hawkins

V	15	Tue Oct 1, 2013	15 x 15	Joel Fagliano
	10	Tue Mar 1, 2016	15 x 15	Freddie Cheng
	9	Wed Feb 15, 2023	15 x 15	Sean Ziebarth
	9	Wed Sep 14, 2011	15 x 15	Jeff Chen
	9	Tue Nov 4, 2008	15 x 15	Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel
	8	Tue Jan 29, 2013	15 x 15	David Steinberg
	8	Mon Mar 26, 2012	15 x 15	Ray Fontenot
	8	Mon Sep 5, 2011	15 x 15	Patrick Merrell
	8	Sat May 20, 2006	15 x 15	Bob Klahn
	8	Mon Dec 20, 2004	15 x 15	Kyle Mahowald

W	14	Tue Sep 14, 2004	15 x 15	Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
	13	Tue Mar 28, 1995	15 x 15	Christopher Page
	11	Mon Jul 11, 2016	15 x 15	Freddie Cheng
	11	Wed Jan 26, 2005	15 x 15	Stanley Newman
	11	Wed Mar 20, 2002	15 x 15	Elizabeth C. Gorski
	10	Tue Feb 19, 2013	15 x 15	Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan
	10	Mon Apr 20, 1998	15 x 15	John D. Leavy
	10	Mon Sep 30, 1996	15 x 15	F. Piscop
	10	Mon Aug 1, 1994	15 x 15	Thomas W. Schier
	9	Mon Jun 14, 2021	15 x 15	Andrea Carla Michaels and Doug Peterson

X	16	Thu Jan 7, 2021	15 x 15	Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar
	13	Wed Nov 6, 2019	15 x 15	Ross Trudeau
	13	Thu Nov 30, 2017	15 x 15	Trenton Charlson
	13	Thu Mar 15, 2007	15 x 15	Michael Shteyman
	12	Wed May 18, 2005	15 x 15	Brendan Emmett Quigley
	10	Wed Apr 26, 2017	15 x 15	Trenton Charlson
	10	Thu May 26, 2011	15 x 15	Ashish Vengsarkar
	10	Thu Apr 2, 2009	15 x 15	Brendan Emmett Quigley
	9	Fri Apr 15, 2022	15 x 15	Trenton Charlson
	8	Tue Jul 24, 2018	15 x 15	Jonathan M. Kaye

Y	15	Wed Jan 6, 2010	15 x 15	Julian Lim
	12	Tue Jun 17, 2003	15 x 15	Susan Harrington Smith
	11	Mon Sep 25, 2017	15 x 15	Bruce Haight
	10	Thu May 23, 2013	15 x 15	David Levinson Wilk
	10	Tue Nov 13, 2012	15 x 15	Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
	10	Wed Feb 3, 2010	15 x 15	Kristian House
	10	Mon Sep 25, 2000	15 x 15	Peter Gordon
	9	Tue Feb 27, 2024	15 x 15	Nate Cardin
	9	Wed Feb 7, 2018	15 x 15	Stu Ockman
	9	Wed Jul 12, 2017	15 x 15	Elayne Boosler and Patrick Merrell

Z	18	Tue Jan 30, 2007	15 x 15	Nancy Salomon
	14	Thu Jul 20, 2023	15 x 15	Drew Schmenner
	14	Mon Jan 14, 2002	15 x 15	Michael Shteyman
	12	Sat May 30, 2009	15 x 15	Matt Ginsberg
	11	Thu Nov 11, 2010	15 x 15	Andrew Zhou
	10	Wed Jul 21, 2021	15 x 15	Alex Vratsanos
	10	Tue Apr 24, 2007	15 x 15	Brendan Emmett Quigley
	10	Fri Jun 10, 2005	15 x 15	David Quarfoot
	9	Thu Nov 20, 2014	15 x 15	Timothy Polin
	9	Sat Feb 3, 1996	15 x 15	W. R. Williams

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