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Scrabbliest Constructors
Sorted by Shortz Era daily puzzle lifetime average
Note: constructors need at least 10 qualifying published puzzles to appear in this list.
Neither Sunday nor rebus puzzles are included in this calculation. Count shows the number of puzzles considered.
Scrabble values: A:1 B:3 C:3 D:2 E:1 F:4 G:2 H:4 I:1 J:8 K:5 L:1 M:3 N:1 O:1 P:3 Q:10 R:1 S:1 T:1 U:1 V:4 W:4 X:8 Y:4 Z:10
| Rank | Author | Lifetime Average | Count | Scrabbliest grid |
| 1. | Peter Wentz | 1.8097 | 31 | Thu Nov 18, 2010 |
| 2. | Will Nediger | 1.7866 | 15 | Tue Apr 29, 2008 |
| 3. | Sam Ezersky | 1.7167 | 19 | Sat Jul 4, 2015 |
| 4. | Josh Knapp | 1.7011 | 21 | Fri Jun 22, 2012 |
| 5. | Susan Gelfand | 1.6944 | 16 | Mon Aug 27, 2018 |
| 6. | Sam Trabucco | 1.6840 | 15 | Fri Sep 8, 2017 |
| 7. | Mike Nothnagel | 1.6639 | 43 | Fri Dec 22, 2006 |
| 8. | Karen M. Tracey | 1.6605 | 32 | Sat Aug 8, 2009 |
| 9. | Kristian House | 1.6543 | 17 | Wed Feb 3, 2010 |
| 10. | Allan E. Parrish | 1.6535 | 39 | Wed Jul 11, 2012 |
| 11. | Barry C. Silk | 1.6495 | 85 | Sat Sep 6, 2008 |
| 12. | Damon J. Gulczynski | 1.6492 | 31 | Fri Sep 15, 2017 |
| 13. | Kevin G. Der | 1.6487 | 26 | Thu Feb 19, 2009 |
| 14. | Michael Hawkins | 1.6463 | 10 | Mon May 19, 2014 |
| 15. | Stanley Newman | 1.6450 | 20 | Wed Jan 26, 2005 |
| 16. | Joel Fagliano | 1.6430 | 39 | Mon Jun 28, 2010 |
| 17. | Samuel A. Donaldson | 1.6418 | 23 | Wed Mar 19, 2014 |
| 18. | Frances Hansen | 1.6411 | 22 | Wed Mar 15, 1995 |
| 19. | Kevin Christian | 1.6411 | 10 | Wed May 22, 2013 |
| 20. | Shannon Burns | 1.6397 | 10 | Fri Mar 13, 1998 |
| 21. | John Farmer | 1.6396 | 30 | Wed Feb 20, 2013 |
| 22. | David Steinberg | 1.6395 | 72 | Tue Feb 4, 2014 |
| 23. | Dan Schoenholz | 1.6375 | 10 | Tue Dec 1, 2015 |
| 24. | Edward Sessa | 1.6374 | 31 | Tue Oct 11, 2011 |
| 25. | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 1.6362 | 123 | Tue Apr 24, 2007 |
| 26. | Julian Lim | 1.6349 | 20 | Thu Dec 27, 2012 |
| 27. | Stella Daily | 1.6337 | 11 | Wed Sep 19, 2007 |
| 28. | Ian Livengood | 1.6330 | 45 | Fri Jun 28, 2013 |
| 29. | Doug Peterson | 1.6330 | 26 | Sat Feb 8, 2014 |
| 30. | Adam Cohen | 1.6315 | 19 | Wed Oct 4, 2006 |
| 31. | Todd McClary | 1.6309 | 11 | Thu Feb 23, 2006 |
| 32. | Kelly Clark | 1.6287 | 14 | Tue Jan 19, 1999 |
| 33. | Patrick Jordan | 1.6285 | 16 | Tue Jul 25, 2000 |
| 34. | John Guzzetta | 1.6271 | 18 | Mon Jan 5, 2015 |
| 35. | Mel Taub | 1.6256 | 10 | Wed Aug 24, 2005 |
| 36. | Jim Hilger | 1.6247 | 10 | Mon Nov 19, 2018 |
| 37. | joon pahk | 1.6238 | 18 | Thu Jun 9, 2011 |
| 38. | Andrew Zhou | 1.6238 | 12 | Thu Nov 11, 2010 |
| 39. | Mark Elliot Skolsky | 1.6229 | 12 | Wed Apr 2, 1997 |
| 40. | Timothy Polin | 1.6226 | 37 | Thu Nov 20, 2014 |
| 41. | Andrea Carla Michaels | 1.6218 | 41 | Mon Sep 15, 2014 |
| 42. | Jeff Chen | 1.6208 | 31 | Tue May 7, 2013 |
| 43. | Paolo Pasco | 1.6197 | 10 | Fri Dec 8, 2017 |
| 44. | Caleb Madison | 1.6196 | 23 | Tue Jun 23, 2009 |
| 45. | Michael Shteyman | 1.6193 | 41 | Mon Jan 14, 2002 |
| 46. | Oliver Hill | 1.6175 | 13 | Tue Oct 2, 2007 |
| 47. | Erik Agard | 1.6166 | 22 | Fri Mar 23, 2018 |
| 48. | Tom McCoy | 1.6147 | 15 | Wed Dec 10, 2014 |
| 49. | Lynn Lempel | 1.6124 | 77 | Mon Oct 22, 2007 |
| 50. | David Quarfoot | 1.6103 | 35 | Fri Jun 10, 2005 |
| 51. | Daniel Raymon | 1.6097 | 10 | Wed Sep 6, 2017 |
| 52. | Mary Lou Guizzo | 1.6078 | 18 | Sat Sep 30, 2017 |
| 53. | Henry Hook | 1.6062 | 18 | Wed Jan 23, 2008 |
| 54. | Matt Gaffney | 1.6058 | 44 | Sat Nov 14, 1998 |
| 55. | Tracy Gray | 1.6051 | 14 | Wed Jan 25, 2017 |
| 56. | Alex Vratsanos | 1.6048 | 12 | Wed Apr 22, 2015 |
| 57. | Kyle Mahowald | 1.6020 | 14 | Wed Feb 17, 2016 |
| 58. | Patrick Merrell | 1.6007 | 60 | Mon Dec 28, 2009 |
| 59. | Tyler Hinman | 1.5999 | 19 | Wed Nov 26, 2003 |
| 60. | Thomas W. Schier | 1.5998 | 17 | Mon Aug 1, 1994 |
| 61. | Roy Leban | 1.5996 | 10 | Wed Feb 4, 2004 |
| 62. | Lee Glickstein | 1.5994 | 18 | Tue Dec 27, 2005 |
| 63. | Janet R. Bender | 1.5992 | 26 | Mon Feb 14, 2005 |
| 64. | Mike Buckley | 1.5990 | 13 | Mon Feb 28, 2011 |
| 65. | Natan Last | 1.5979 | 22 | Fri Aug 14, 2015 |
| 66. | John Lieb | 1.5975 | 11 | Sat Jun 7, 2014 |
| 67. | Brad Wilber | 1.5967 | 32 | Sat Mar 26, 2011 |
| 68. | David Kwong | 1.5937 | 11 | Tue May 10, 2016 |
| 69. | Alan Arbesfeld | 1.5934 | 88 | Tue Aug 28, 2001 |
| 70. | James Mulhern | 1.5932 | 22 | Sat Dec 26, 2015 |
| 71. | Arthur S. Verdesca | 1.5928 | 13 | Tue Aug 2, 1994 |
| 72. | Patrick Blindauer | 1.5926 | 39 | Thu Apr 9, 2009 |
| 73. | Raymond Hamel | 1.5917 | 23 | Mon May 30, 1994 |
| 74. | Jacob Stulberg | 1.5909 | 21 | Wed Dec 9, 2015 |
| 75. | Norma Steinberg | 1.5907 | 16 | Mon Jun 14, 1999 |
| 76. | Frederick J. Healy | 1.5904 | 14 | Sat Nov 23, 2013 |
| 77. | Michael Vuolo | 1.5883 | 13 | Thu Dec 18, 2008 |
| 78. | Jules P. Markey | 1.5874 | 15 | Wed Nov 27, 2013 |
| 79. | Joe DiPietro | 1.5872 | 97 | Fri Aug 15, 1997 |
| 80. | Nancy Salomon | 1.5863 | 97 | Tue Jan 30, 2007 |
| 81. | Peter Gordon | 1.5844 | 79 | Thu Dec 10, 1998 |
| 82. | Byron Walden | 1.5844 | 68 | Sat Mar 3, 2012 |
| 83. | Ned White | 1.5843 | 22 | Sat May 5, 2012 |
| 84. | Gareth Bain | 1.5837 | 12 | Mon Oct 29, 2012 |
| 85. | David Levinson Wilk | 1.5834 | 17 | Tue Nov 7, 2000 |
| 86. | Bruce Haight | 1.5833 | 42 | Mon Mar 30, 2015 |
| 87. | Robyn Weintraub | 1.5828 | 20 | Tue Mar 24, 2015 |
| 88. | John Underwood | 1.5820 | 14 | Thu Dec 18, 2003 |
| 89. | Mark Diehl | 1.5812 | 60 | Wed Jan 1, 1997 |
| 90. | Nancy Kavanaugh | 1.5812 | 26 | Tue Jun 11, 2002 |
| 91. | Jeffrey Wechsler | 1.5812 | 17 | Thu Apr 20, 2017 |
| 92. | Paula Gamache | 1.5811 | 76 | Mon May 2, 2016 |
| 93. | Chuck Deodene | 1.5809 | 41 | Fri Aug 4, 1995 |
| 94. | Cathy Allis | 1.5799 | 44 | Thu Jun 22, 1995 |
| 95. | Lois Sidway | 1.5797 | 17 | Tue Oct 25, 1994 |
| 96. | Bernice Gordon | 1.5791 | 19 | Tue Jan 9, 1996 |
| 97. | Jim Hyres | 1.5766 | 20 | Tue May 29, 2007 |
| 98. | Elizabeth A. Long | 1.5765 | 11 | Mon Nov 29, 2010 |
| 99. | Gilbert H. Ludwig | 1.5763 | 18 | Tue Sep 15, 1998 |
| 100. | Ryan McCarty | 1.5754 | 10 | Sat Jul 7, 2018 |