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 that
leads the list by Peter Gordon is one of my favorites.
| Rank | Date | Freshness | Author |
| 1 | Tuesday, June 05, 2001 | 21.8 | Peter Gordon |
| 2 | Monday, September 12, 1994 | 27.7 | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 3 | Monday, February 07, 2005 | 27.8 | Gordon Seaberg |
| 4 | Thursday, January 01, 2004 | 28.4 | Richard Silvestri |
| 5 | Monday, September 20, 1999 | 28.7 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 6 | Tuesday, September 24, 2002 | 29.0 | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 7 | Tuesday, June 19, 2001 | 29.4 | Tyler Hinman |
| 8 | Monday, October 23, 1995 | 31.2 | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 9 | Wednesday, October 12, 2005 | 32.1 | Paul Guttormsson |
| 10 | Tuesday, April 04, 2006 | 32.3 | Robert Dillman |
| 11 | Tuesday, August 16, 2005 | 32.3 | Randall J. Hartman |
| 12 | Monday, February 02, 1998 | 32.6 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 13 | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | 32.8 | Ed Early |
| 14 | Tuesday, May 12, 2009 | 33.4 | Wayne and P. K. King |
| 15 | Monday, July 19, 1999 | 33.7 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 16 | Monday, July 12, 1999 | 34.0 | Carol R. Blumenstein |
| 17 | Monday, February 14, 2000 | 34.1 | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 18 | Monday, March 06, 1995 | 34.2 | Randall J. Hartman |
| 19 | Tuesday, April 16, 1996 | 34.4 | G. E. Paul |
| 20 | Monday, February 10, 2003 | 34.5 | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 21 | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 | 34.6 | Richard Silvestri |
| 22 | Monday, December 18, 1995 | 34.8 | Randall J. Hartman |
| 23 | Tuesday, May 16, 2000 | 34.9 | Peter Gordon |
| 24 | Wednesday, March 10, 2004 | 35.1 | Richard Silvestri |
| 25 | Wednesday, March 14, 2001 | 35.3 | Greg Staples |
| 26 | Monday, May 28, 2001 | 35.3 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 27 | Wednesday, April 28, 1999 | 35.3 | Nancy Salomon |
| 28 | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 | 35.4 | Richard Hughes |
| 29 | Monday, September 09, 1996 | 35.5 | S. L. Robbins |
| 30 | Monday, September 30, 2002 | 35.6 | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 31 | Monday, October 24, 1994 | 35.6 | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 32 | Monday, June 07, 1999 | 36.0 | Robert O. Dillman |
| 33 | Monday, May 06, 2002 | 36.2 | Peter Gordon |
| 34 | Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | 36.3 | Norma Johnson |
| 35 | Tuesday, February 19, 2002 | 36.4 | Arlan and Linda Bushman |
| 36 | Tuesday, February 15, 2005 | 36.6 | Gene Newman |
| 37 | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 | 36.8 | Richard Silvestri |
| 38 | Monday, August 28, 2000 | 36.9 | Richard Hughes |
| 39 | Monday, May 26, 2003 | 37.2 | Lynn Lempel |
| 40 | Monday, April 27, 1998 | 37.3 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 41 | Monday, March 10, 1997 | 37.3 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 42 | Monday, March 23, 1998 | 37.3 | Randall J. Hartman |
| 43 | Wednesday, January 27, 1999 | 37.4 | Leslie Billig |
| 44 | Tuesday, February 04, 1997 | 37.4 | G. R. Ferguson |
| 45 | Monday, September 10, 2001 | 37.5 | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| 46 | Monday, July 07, 1997 | 37.6 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 47 | Tuesday, October 30, 2001 | 37.6 | Barbara Olson |
| 48 | Friday, April 24, 1998 | 37.6 | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 49 | Monday, October 10, 2005 | 37.9 | Holden Baker |
| 50 | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 | 37.9 | Ed Early |
| 51 | Monday, December 25, 2000 | 37.9 | Adam G. Perl |
| 52 | Tuesday, September 28, 2004 | 37.9 | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 53 | Monday, July 03, 2000 | 37.9 | Marjorie Berg |
| 54 | Monday, May 12, 2003 | 38.0 | Sarah Keller |
| 55 | Monday, November 07, 1994 | 38.0 | Randall J. Hartman |
| 56 | Tuesday, December 16, 2008 | 38.0 | Gail Grabowski |
| 57 | Tuesday, September 11, 2001 | 38.1 | Joan Yanofsky |
| 58 | Wednesday, January 08, 1997 | 38.2 | J. D. Leavy |
| 59 | Wednesday, August 20, 1997 | 38.3 | Chuck Deodene |
| 60 | Monday, December 28, 1998 | 38.3 | Adam G. Perl |
| 61 | Wednesday, April 06, 2005 | 38.3 | Michael Doran |
| 62 | Tuesday, June 26, 2001 | 38.3 | Stephen Windheim |
| 63 | Monday, February 16, 2004 | 38.4 | Charles Barasch |
| 64 | Monday, February 12, 1996 | 38.5 | S. Robbins |
| 65 | Wednesday, August 09, 2006 | 38.5 | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| 66 | Wednesday, February 10, 1999 | 38.6 | Nancy Salomon |
| 67 | Wednesday, January 03, 1996 | 38.6 | W.R. Williams |
| 68 | Monday, January 06, 1997 | 38.6 | S. L. Robbins |
| 69 | Monday, January 23, 2006 | 38.6 | Mark T. Milhet |
| 70 | Monday, August 29, 1994 | 38.6 | Mary Derderian Brown |
| 71 | Tuesday, February 25, 1997 | 38.6 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 72 | Thursday, March 04, 1999 | 38.6 | Cathy Millhauser |
| 73 | Tuesday, November 06, 2001 | 38.6 | Denise Neuendorf |
| 74 | Monday, June 30, 2003 | 38.7 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 75 | Wednesday, July 19, 2006 | 38.8 | Alison Donald |
| 76 | Wednesday, June 19, 2002 | 38.8 | Janet R. Bender |
| 77 | Tuesday, October 25, 2005 | 38.8 | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| 78 | Monday, November 20, 1995 | 38.9 | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 79 | Monday, November 29, 1993 | 38.9 | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 80 | Wednesday, September 19, 2001 | 38.9 | Steven Dorfman |
| 81 | Monday, November 19, 2001 | 38.9 | Peter Gordon |
| 82 | Tuesday, September 03, 1996 | 39.0 | A. Goldstein |
| 83 | Monday, April 28, 1997 | 39.1 | Peter Gordon |
| 84 | Monday, March 24, 2008 | 39.2 | David J. Kahn |
| 85 | Monday, January 05, 1998 | 39.2 | Mark Moldowsky |
| 86 | Monday, February 02, 2004 | 39.2 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 87 | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 | 39.4 | Jack McInturff |
| 88 | Thursday, April 28, 1994 | 39.4 | Randy Sowell |
| 89 | Tuesday, April 30, 1996 | 39.4 | G. E. Paul |
| 90 | Wednesday, February 02, 1994 | 39.4 | Robert Katz |
| 91 | Monday, May 03, 2004 | 39.4 | Gregory E. Paul |
| 92 | Tuesday, March 12, 1996 | 39.4 | R. J. Hartman |
| 93 | Thursday, February 12, 1998 | 39.5 | Richard Silvestri |
| 94 | Monday, April 23, 2007 | 39.5 | David Pringle |
| 95 | Monday, February 09, 2004 | 39.5 | Robert Dillman |
| 96 | Wednesday, May 24, 2006 | 39.5 | Adam G. Perl |
| 97 | Monday, January 09, 1995 | 39.6 | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 98 | Wednesday, October 27, 1999 | 39.6 | Chris Sallade |
| 99 | Tuesday, October 10, 1995 | 39.6 | Janet R. Bender |
| 100 | Monday, May 21, 2001 | 39.6 | Joan Yanofsky |