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Tuesday 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 Nancy Kavanaugh Bruce Haight Albert J. Klaus Tyler Hinman Barbara Olson Nancy Salomon Sarah Keller Gregory E. Paul Fred Piscop
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
Tue 7/29/2003
SILLDECIHANDY
ARIAELANEIEIO
FEARLESSFOSDICK
ENNEADHRHALEE
READSCLAIM
OHAREOATERS
SEWVISAINDIA
PAINLESSDENTIST
ATSEAPSATTEE
TSETSEORDER
SPACERASTA
ACTSELIINSTEP
SLEEVELESSSHIRT
TORMEETALELSE
ADMITNYSESEER
Tue 5/12/2009
TANERUPTBABAR
ASARATIOARUBA
DISARMANDHAMMER
AFARSHADEAPSE
ATERON
DISMISSAMERICA
ANTICMOOSEAVE
TKOSBERRYSPAT
EELNEATOMARIA
DISBARANDGRILL
ACTART
IMAMOATERRILE
DISBANDONTHERUN
OCEANINNERAMY
LEASTNEEDSSPA
Tue 9/28/2004
SELFCACTIBRAT
ESAUALIENRAMA
ASINTEARSODES
LODGEACOMPLAINT
ILLIODIDE
AGOSOBORB
COTTAGECHEESE
EDIEAAAOMSK
CABINPRESSURE
USSALASIN
ETHICSEGO
SHACKUPTOGETHER
SISIELENATIDE
ANTERERANETTU
YEARSAINTRSVP

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

RankDateAuthorTue. %Score
1.Tue Aug 16, 2005Randall J. Hartman0.06.9
2.Tue Jun 5, 2001Peter Gordon0.17.3
3.Tue Jul 29, 2003Ed Early0.18.8
4.Tue May 12, 2009Wayne and P. K. King0.210.1
5.Tue Sep 28, 2004Nancy Kavanaugh0.210.2
6.Tue Apr 18, 2017Bruce Haight0.310.5
7.Tue Jan 27, 2004Randall J. Hartman0.411.3
8.Tue Jan 11, 1994Albert J. Klaus0.412.0
9.Tue Feb 19, 2002Arlan and Linda Bushman0.512.1
10.Tue Sep 24, 2024Kevin L. Shellito0.512.2
11.Tue Jun 19, 2001Tyler Hinman0.612.3
12.Tue Jun 22, 2021Matt Frederick0.712.4
13.Tue Oct 17, 2000Peter Gordon0.712.8
14.Tue Oct 30, 2001Barbara Olson0.813.2
15.Tue Aug 18, 1998Nancy Salomon0.814.1
16.Tue Aug 21, 2001Sarah Keller0.914.2
17.Tue Sep 10, 2002Wei-Hwa Huang1.014.3
18.Tue Jun 26, 2001Stephen Windheim1.014.3
19.Tue Apr 16, 1996G. E. Paul1.114.4
20.Tue Feb 28, 2012Randall J. Hartman1.114.4
21.Tue Sep 3, 1996Andrew Goldstein1.214.4
22.Tue Apr 13, 1999Fred Piscop1.314.6
23.Tue Jan 22, 2008Adam G. Perl1.314.7
24.Tue Jan 16, 2001Peter Gordon1.414.8
25.Tue Jun 11, 2002Nancy Kavanaugh1.414.8
26.Tue Jan 14, 2003Adam G. Perl1.514.9
27.Tue Jan 26, 1999Brendan Emmett Quigley1.615.1
28.Tue Apr 23, 1996N. Steinberg1.615.1
29.Tue Nov 6, 2001Denise Neuendorf1.715.1
30.Tue Dec 16, 2008Gail Grabowski1.715.2
31.Tue Jul 28, 1998Robert Dillman1.815.2
32.Tue Sep 17, 2002Steven Dorfman1.915.2
33.Tue Dec 5, 1995Robert Katz1.915.3
34.Tue Mar 13, 2018Carl Worth2.015.4
Tue Jul 8, 1997Stephanie Spadaccini
36.Tue Nov 16, 1999Arthur S. Verdesca2.115.5
Tue Oct 9, 2001Peter Gordon
38.Tue Oct 25, 2005Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette2.215.6
39.Tue May 27, 2008Adam G. Perl2.315.7
40.Tue Aug 26, 2003Richard Hughes2.315.9
Tue Jan 16, 1996R. Hartman
42.Tue Feb 14, 1995Randy Sowell2.515.9
43.Tue Jun 11, 2019David J. Kahn2.516.0
44.Tue Oct 1, 1996R. J. Hartman2.616.0
45.Tue Apr 29, 2003Norma Johnson2.716.1
46.Tue Jun 26, 2007Ray Fontenot2.716.2
47.Tue Apr 29, 1997Jeff Herrington2.816.3
Tue Feb 10, 2004Seth A. Abel
49.Tue Aug 19, 2025Eric Rollfing2.916.4
50.Tue Jan 28, 2025Dan Margolis3.016.4
51.Tue Aug 2, 2005Nancy Kavanaugh3.016.4
52.Tue Dec 28, 1999Randall J. Hartman3.116.4
53.Tue Feb 1, 2022Zhouqin Burnikel3.116.5
54.Tue Dec 30, 2003Nancy Kavanaugh3.216.5
55.Tue May 23, 2000Monica Krausse3.316.6
56.Tue Mar 12, 1996R. J. Hartman3.316.7
57.Tue Jun 27, 1995Diane C. Baldwin3.416.7
58.Tue Jul 9, 2024Gary Larson and Amy Ensz3.416.8
59.Tue Jun 13, 2000Peter Gordon3.516.8
60.Tue Apr 25, 2000Randall J. Hartman3.616.8
61.Tue Aug 13, 2002Robert Malinow3.616.9
62.Tue Dec 18, 2012Adam G. Perl3.717.0
63.Tue May 21, 1996J. Schmalzbach3.717.0
64.Tue Aug 12, 1997Janet R. Bender3.817.0
65.Tue Aug 22, 1995Gregory E. Paul3.917.1
66.Tue Aug 21, 2007Tom Heilman3.917.2
67.Tue Sep 5, 2000Chris Sallade4.017.2
68.Tue Jul 8, 2003Roy Leban4.017.2
69.Tue May 16, 2000Peter Gordon4.117.3
Tue Dec 3, 1996R. Hartman
71.Tue Aug 25, 2020Dave Bardolph4.217.3
72.Tue May 19, 2020Trent H. Evans4.317.3
Tue Oct 27, 1998Peter Gordon
74.Tue May 8, 2007Sarah Keller4.417.4
75.Tue Feb 1, 1994Robert Zimmerman4.517.4
76.Tue Aug 24, 1999Elizabeth C. Gorski4.517.4
77.Tue Sep 11, 2001Joan Yanofsky4.617.5
Tue Apr 11, 2000Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard
79.Tue Apr 4, 2006Robert Dillman4.717.5
80.Tue Mar 2, 1999Stephanie Spadaccini4.817.5
Tue Jan 25, 2011Randall J. Hartman
82.Tue Sep 24, 2002Sherry O. Blackard4.917.5
Tue Jul 19, 2005Trip Payne
84.Tue Mar 12, 2002Sarah Keller5.017.6
85.Tue Feb 15, 2005Gene Newman5.117.6
86.Tue Feb 13, 1996G. Paul5.117.6
87.Tue Mar 17, 2009Richard Chisholm5.217.7
88.Tue May 21, 2019Evan Kalish5.217.8
89.Tue Mar 18, 2008David Pringle5.317.9
90.Tue Oct 27, 2020Luci Bresette and David Steinberg5.417.9
91.Tue May 19, 1998William S. Cotter5.417.9
Tue Aug 28, 2012Lou Borenstein
93.Tue Aug 5, 2008joon and caroline pahk5.517.9
94.Tue Jun 6, 1995Sidney L. Robbins5.617.9
Tue Sep 2, 2008Stanley Newman
96.Tue Mar 12, 2019Jules Markey5.718.0
97.Tue Apr 30, 1996G. E. Paul5.818.0
Tue Jun 25, 1996Randall J. Hartman
99.Tue Jan 20, 1998Randall J. Hartman5.918.0
Tue May 30, 2017Neville Fogarty
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