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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:

Randall J. Hartman Peter Gordon Gregory E. Paul Nancy Kavanaugh Bruce Haight Sidney L. Robbins Leslie Young Andrea Carla Michaels Patrick Blindauer Holden Baker Albert J. Klaus
Tue 8/16/2005
TUBABEDSPATSY
URALOMANADIEU
GISTTARASLEEK
SHOOTINGSTARR
ILLARI
TRIPLEMANYSIS
EERIEPACTETNA
NEANDERTHALMANN
ESTENOTEAIRED
TEEADDSALTERS
OREAVA
WORLDWIDEWEBB
GENIEODORVAIL
ANTONREPSERTE
STONEKATENEED
Tue 6/5/2001
ALSOESTAESSEN
LOITERERSENURE
AURORAAUSTRALIS
STEERLENORTES
OASAREA
SILLSTATINEE
ATNOTOOTLEAST
RUSSIANROULETTE
TNUTSTOILREES
STLESOSNOOSE
ASEAOAR
ALTELENAALLIN
TRINITROTOLUENE
ROOSTTEENSIEST
ANNESELSESSTS
Mon 2/2/1998
MARCWORDESTEE
ASEAARIACHEAT
ITEMFACTLASSO
LIFEOFTHEPARTY
OSLORIP
CATTERRIERASH
AGATEELLULNA
PICKOFTHELITTER
OLIOARAREALM
NETTRIBUNERLS
SAGSEND
SALTOFTHEEARTH
CARATREEDRARE
OLIVEEARLTIER
SEDERELSESLED
Mon 9/20/1999
BAALCHUMDELTA
ACREAONEEVERT
SHEATRIMSISAL
HEAVENSTOBETSY
ELIEERA
MCMUPSTARTTAE
AHEADAILARTS
JEEPERSCREEPERS
OASTOAKXENIA
RTECONSORTDAY
EATPURE
LANDSAKESALIVE
PASTESANSIDEA
OCTETALEETOTS
TEARSPERTELSE
Tue 7/29/2003
SILLDECIHANDY
ARIAELANEIEIO
FEARLESSFOSDICK
ENNEADHRHALEE
READSCLAIM
OHAREOATERS
SEWVISAINDIA
PAINLESSDENTIST
ATSEAPSATTEE
TSETSEORDER
SPACERASTA
ACTSELIINSTEP
SLEEVELESSSHIRT
TORMEETALELSE
ADMITNYSESEER

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

RankDateAuthorPercentileScore
1.Tue Aug 16, 2005Randall J. Hartman0.07.1
2.Tue Jun 5, 2001Peter Gordon0.07.6
3.Mon Feb 2, 1998Gregory E. Paul0.08.3
4.Mon Sep 20, 1999Gregory E. Paul0.09.1
5.Tue Jul 29, 2003Ed Early0.09.2
6.Mon May 28, 2001Gregory E. Paul0.09.6
7.Tue May 12, 2009Wayne and P. K. King0.110.4
8.Mon Jun 30, 2003Gregory E. Paul0.110.6
Tue Sep 28, 2004Nancy Kavanaugh
10.Tue Apr 18, 2017Bruce Haight0.110.7
11.Mon Nov 29, 1993Sidney L. Robbins0.111.0
Mon Sep 9, 1996S. L. Robbins
13.Mon Feb 14, 2000Nancy Kavanaugh0.111.6
14.Tue Jan 27, 2004Randall J. Hartman0.111.7
15.Thu Apr 28, 1994Randy Sowell0.111.7
16.Mon Sep 19, 2022Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels0.111.8
17.Mon Dec 18, 1995Randall J. Hartman0.111.8
18.Mon Oct 23, 1995Sidney L. Robbins0.111.9
19.Mon Jul 3, 2000Marjorie Berg0.212.0
20.Mon Aug 11, 2003Randall J. Hartman0.212.0
21.Mon Jun 23, 2008Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer0.212.1
22.Mon Oct 10, 2005Holden Baker0.212.1
23.Tue Jan 11, 1994Albert J. Klaus0.212.3
24.Tue Feb 19, 2002Arlan and Linda Bushman0.212.4
Mon Feb 12, 1996S. Robbins
26.Tue Sep 24, 2024Kevin L. Shellito0.212.5
27.Tue Jun 19, 2001Tyler Hinman0.212.6
28.Wed Jan 3, 1996W. R. Williams0.212.7
29.Tue Jun 22, 2021Matt Frederick0.212.8
30.Mon Jan 5, 1998Mark Moldowsky0.312.8
31.Mon Mar 22, 1999Gregory E. Paul0.313.0
32.Mon May 22, 2000Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand0.313.0
33.Tue Oct 17, 2000Peter Gordon0.313.0
34.Wed Jul 19, 2006Alison Donald0.313.1
35.Mon Feb 2, 2004Gregory E. Paul0.313.2
Mon Oct 13, 1997Gregory E. Paul
37.Mon Aug 28, 2000Richard Hughes0.313.2
38.Mon Jul 7, 1997Gregory E. Paul0.313.3
39.Mon Mar 21, 1994Sidney L. Robbins0.313.3
40.Mon Apr 27, 1998Gregory E. Paul0.313.4
41.Wed Feb 3, 2016Tom McCoy0.313.4
Mon Nov 12, 2012Randall J. Hartman
43.Tue Oct 30, 2001Barbara Olson0.413.5
44.Mon Jul 22, 1996S. L. Robbins0.413.6
45.Mon May 17, 1999Ethan Cooper0.413.6
46.Wed Mar 2, 2016Fred Piscop0.413.7
47.Mon May 11, 1998Gregory E. Paul0.413.8
48.Wed May 24, 2006Adam G. Perl0.413.9
49.Mon Apr 3, 1995Randall J. Hartman0.413.9
Mon Jul 29, 2024Jeffrey Lease
51.Mon Jul 12, 1999Carol R. Blumenstein0.414.0
52.Mon Aug 20, 2018Peter Gordon0.414.0
53.Wed Mar 30, 2005Richard Silvestri0.514.0
54.Mon Jul 19, 1999Gregory E. Paul0.514.0
55.Wed Jan 28, 1998Mark Gottlieb0.514.1
56.Mon Mar 22, 2004Kyle Mahowald0.514.1
Wed Jan 19, 2000Arthur S. Verdesca
58.Mon May 3, 2004Gregory E. Paul0.514.1
59.Mon Mar 10, 1997Gregory E. Paul0.514.2
Mon Oct 13, 2003Eric Berlin
61.Mon Jul 6, 1998Sheldon Benardo0.514.2
62.Fri Nov 26, 1993Nancy A. Corbett0.514.3
63.Mon Apr 29, 2002Holden Baker0.514.3
64.Mon Sep 24, 2001Norma Steinberg0.514.4
65.Thu Sep 27, 2018Daniel Kantor0.614.4
Mon Aug 16, 2004Joy C. Frank
67.Mon Jan 12, 2004Kurt Mengel0.614.4
Mon Jan 31, 2005Randall J. Hartman
69.Mon Sep 30, 2002Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon0.614.4
70.Tue Aug 18, 1998Nancy Salomon0.614.5
Mon May 30, 2022Alexander Liebeskind
72.Tue Aug 21, 2001Sarah Keller0.614.5
73.Wed Jul 16, 2003Norm Guggenbiller0.614.5
74.Tue Apr 16, 1996G. E. Paul0.614.6
75.Mon Apr 3, 2000Gregory E. Paul0.614.6
Tue Sep 10, 2002Wei-Hwa Huang
Mon Jun 14, 2010Mark Feldman
78.Mon Jun 24, 2013Robert Seminara0.714.7
Tue Jun 26, 2001Stephen Windheim
80.Tue Sep 3, 1996Andrew Goldstein0.714.7
Mon Mar 6, 2006Jack McInturff
82.Mon Jan 23, 2006Mark T. Milhet0.714.8
Mon Feb 7, 2005Gordon Seaberg
Tue Feb 28, 2012Randall J. Hartman
85.Mon May 15, 2006John R. Conrad0.714.8
86.Mon Dec 25, 2000Adam G. Perl0.714.8
87.Mon Apr 19, 2004Michael Doran0.714.8
88.Mon Oct 25, 2004Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette0.814.9
89.Mon Dec 10, 2001Gregory E. Paul0.814.9
Tue Apr 13, 1999Fred Piscop
91.Mon Dec 22, 1997Arthur S. Verdesca0.815.0
Mon Dec 29, 2003Gregory E. Paul
93.Mon Nov 19, 2001Peter Gordon0.815.0
94.Tue Jan 16, 2001Peter Gordon0.815.1
Mon Jul 30, 2001Nancy Kavanaugh
96.Mon Aug 30, 2004Jeffrey Harris0.815.1
97.Wed Mar 10, 2004Richard Silvestri0.815.1
Wed Jun 23, 2004Jim Goodsell
99.Mon Jun 7, 1999Robert O. Dillman0.915.2
Tue Jan 14, 2003Adam G. Perl
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