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15x15 grids with the Fewest Words in the Modern Era
Grids with a very low word (or clue) count usually rely on large swaths of white space.
They are difficult to construct, and often hard to solve.
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Sat 6/29/2013
| C | H | A | P | | | | | | P | R | I | M | |
V | O | I | C | E | D | | | | S | E | E | G | E | R |
L | E | T | T | E | R | C | | S | T | E | A | N | N | E |
O | U | T | S | K | I | P | | H | U | R | L | I | N | G |
G | R | I | M | I | E | R | | A | D | S | I | T | E | S |
| S | T | A | N | D | T | O | R | E | A | S | O | N | |
| | E | D | G | A | R | W | I | N | T | E | R | | |
| | | | | P | A | I | N | T | | | | | |
| | H | E | A | R | I | N | G | D | O | G | S | | |
| H | A | N | G | I | N | G | A | R | O | U | N | D | |
L | A | T | T | I | C | E | | B | I | L | L | E | R | S |
E | V | E | R | T | O | R | | E | V | I | L | E | Y | E |
N | O | S | E | A | T | S | | D | E | T | E | R | G | E |
O | C | T | E | T | S | | | | R | E | T | E | A | M |
| S | O | S | O | | | | | | S | S | R | S | |
Fri 1/21/2005
U | L | S | T | E | R | | | | L | A | P | C | A | T |
P | I | C | A | R | O | S | | T | O | P | R | A | T | E |
S | E | A | M | I | S | T | | R | U | P | E | R | T | S |
E | N | T | I | C | E | R | | A | D | E | P | T | A | T |
T | O | T | A | S | T | E | | D | E | A | L | E | R | S |
| R | E | M | O | T | E | S | E | N | S | O | R | S | |
| | D | I | N | E | T | T | E | S | E | T | S | | |
| | | | | | V | E | D | | | | | | |
| | H | E | R | M | E | T | I | C | I | S | M | | |
| R | A | R | E | I | N | S | T | A | N | C | E | S | |
F | E | R | N | A | N | D | | I | N | H | A | L | E | D |
A | C | D | E | L | C | O | | O | N | E | L | A | N | E |
R | O | I | S | T | E | R | | N | O | R | A | N | D | A |
C | U | S | T | E | R | S | | S | N | I | G | G | E | R |
E | P | H | O | R | S | | | | S | T | E | E | R | S |
Fri 6/1/2012
E | S | T | E | S | | | | | | M | S | D | O | S |
M | E | A | G | E | R | | | | P | O | M | E | L | O |
B | R | O | O | D | E | R | | C | A | L | I | B | E | R |
A | G | I | T | A | T | O | | O | V | E | R | E | A | T |
Y | E | S | I | T | I | S | | M | A | S | K | E | R | S |
| I | T | S | E | L | E | M | E | N | T | A | R | Y | |
| | S | T | R | E | S | S | T | E | S | T | S | | |
| | | | | | A | T | O | | | | | | |
| | L | I | T | E | R | A | T | U | R | E | S | | |
| F | U | T | U | R | E | R | E | S | U | L | T | S | |
T | I | N | S | T | A | R | | R | U | N | L | A | P | S |
R | E | C | H | O | S | E | | M | A | N | A | T | E | E |
U | S | H | E | R | E | D | | S | L | I | M | I | N | G |
S | T | E | R | E | S | | | | S | E | A | N | C | E |
T | A | S | E | D | | | | | | R | E | G | E | R |
Fri 10/24/1997
S | H | A | P | E | R | | | | | L | A | P | S | E |
P | A | R | O | L | E | S | | | H | O | R | R | I | D |
O | V | E | R | E | A | T | | B | A | R | R | O | N | S |
T | A | N | T | A | R | A | | A | R | I | A | D | N | E |
S | N | O | O | Z | E | R | | G | R | E | N | D | E | L |
| A | S | L | A | N | T | | G | I | N | G | E | R | S |
| N | E | A | R | D | I | S | A | S | T | E | R | | |
| | | | | | N | A | G | | | | | | |
| | R | E | S | I | G | N | E | D | N | E | S | S | |
A | D | O | R | I | N | G | | C | O | E | D | I | T | |
C | E | L | E | S | T | A | | L | O | W | G | E | A | R |
A | P | O | C | K | E | T | | A | R | G | E | N | T | I |
D | E | N | T | I | N | E | | I | M | A | D | E | I | T |
I | N | D | E | N | T | | | M | A | T | I | S | S | E |
A | D | A | R | S | | | | | T | E | N | E | T | S |
Sat 12/15/2001
S | T | I | C | K | S | | | | W | I | S | T | E | R |
T | E | N | O | N | E | D | | | E | L | P | A | S | O |
I | N | S | P | I | R | I | T | | B | L | I | M | P | S |
F | L | A | T | F | I | S | H | | P | O | K | E | R | S |
L | E | N | I | E | N | C | E | | A | M | E | L | I | E |
E | Y | E | C | R | E | A | M | | G | E | L | E | T | T |
| | | | | | R | I | F | E | N | E | S | S | |
| | P | R | O | M | D | R | E | S | S | E | S | | |
| P | R | O | P | O | S | A | L | | | | | | |
R | I | E | S | E | N | | C | L | E | R | I | C | A | L |
U | N | D | E | R | S | | L | O | V | E | G | A | M | E |
G | N | A | W | A | T | | E | V | E | R | E | T | T | S |
R | A | T | I | T | E | | S | E | N | A | T | O | R | S |
A | T | O | N | E | R | | | R | E | T | I | N | A | E |
T | E | R | E | S | A | | | | R | E | T | A | K | E |
Words | Date | Author |
50 | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | Joe Krozel |
52 | Fri Jan 21, 2005 | Frank Longo |
52 | Fri Jun 1, 2012 | Joe Krozel |
54 | Fri Oct 24, 1997 | Frank Longo |
54 | Sat Dec 15, 2001 | Frank A. Longo |
54 | Fri Jan 4, 2008 | Raymond C. Young |
54 | Fri Oct 17, 2008 | Patrick Berry |
56 | Fri Aug 22, 1997 | Frank Longo |
56 | Sat Jan 1, 2005 | Raymond C. Young |
56 | Sat May 7, 2005 | Patrick Berry |
56 | Sat Jul 15, 2006 | Patrick Berry |
56 | Sat Jan 20, 2007 | Harvey Estes |
56 | Sat Dec 22, 2007 | Harvey Estes |
56 | Sat Mar 20, 2010 | Joe Krozel |
56 | Sat Jul 18, 2015 | Joe Krozel |
56 | Fri Oct 16, 2015 | Joe Krozel |
56 | Fri Apr 13, 2018 | Joe Krozel |
58 | Sat Jun 29, 1996 | F. Longo |
58 | Sat Jan 21, 2006 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
58 | Fri Jul 28, 2006 | Sherry O. Blackard |
58 | Sat Dec 9, 2006 | Robert H. Wolfe |
58 | Sat Dec 1, 2007 | Robert H. Wolfe |
58 | Sat Sep 20, 2008 | Joe Krozel |
58 | Sat Jul 18, 2009 | Joe Krozel |
58 | Sat Oct 31, 2009 | Robert H. Wolfe |
58 | Sat Jan 2, 2010 | Robert H. Wolfe |
58 | Fri Oct 8, 2010 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
58 | Fri Aug 12, 2011 | Julian Lim |
58 | Sat Sep 21, 2013 | Tim Croce |
58 | Sat Sep 19, 2015 | Kevin Adamick |
58 | Sat Jul 27, 2019 | Byron Walden |
58 | Sat Nov 11, 2023 | Blake Slonecker |
59 | Thu May 17, 2012 | Joe Krozel |
60 | Fri May 13, 1994 | Randolph Ross |
60 | Sat Oct 7, 1995 | Frank A. Longo |
60 | Sat Jun 15, 1996 | R. Ross |
60 | Sat Oct 20, 2001 | Patrick Berry |
60 | Fri May 24, 2002 | Manny Nosowsky |
60 | Sat Aug 7, 2004 | Patrick Berry |
60 | Fri Sep 10, 2004 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
60 | Sat Jan 6, 2007 | Robert H. Wolfe |
60 | Sat Apr 14, 2007 | Sherry O. Blackard |
60 | Fri Aug 22, 2008 | Kevin G. Der |
60 | Sat Feb 6, 2010 | Frederick J. Healy |
60 | Fri Oct 28, 2011 | Tim Croce |
60 | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | Joe Krozel |
60 | Fri Aug 24, 2012 | Mark Diehl |
60 | Sat Feb 23, 2013 | Todd Gross |
60 | Sat Jan 23, 2016 | Kameron Austin Collins |
60 | Sat Jun 18, 2016 | Todd Gross |
60 | Sat Aug 19, 2017 | Mark Diehl |
60 | Sat Oct 28, 2017 | Roland Huget |
60 | Sat Nov 25, 2017 | Kevin G. Der |
60 | Sat Jan 20, 2018 | Alex Vratsanos |
60 | Sat Apr 20, 2019 | Kevin Adamick |
60 | Sat Sep 12, 2020 | Ryan McCarty |
60 | Sat Apr 8, 2023 | Sid Sivakumar |
61 | Thu Apr 2, 2015 | Joe Krozel and Timothy Polin |
61 | Fri Mar 13, 2020 | Alex Eaton-Salners |
61 | Sat Dec 25, 2021 | Johan Vass |
62 | Fri Dec 23, 1994 | Frank A. Longo |
62 | Sat Nov 9, 1996 | F. Longo |
62 | Sat Feb 15, 1997 | J. Clonick |
62 | Sat May 31, 1997 | Frank Longo |
62 | Fri Apr 3, 1998 | Frank Longo |
62 | Fri Nov 6, 1998 | Bob Klahn |
62 | Sat Jan 23, 1999 | Frank Longo |
62 | Fri Sep 22, 2000 | Manny Nosowsky |
62 | Sat Aug 4, 2001 | Randolph Ross |
62 | Sat Dec 22, 2001 | Trip Payne |
62 | Sat Aug 24, 2002 | Chuck Menning |
62 | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | Patrick Berry |
62 | Sat Nov 8, 2003 | Sherry O. Blackard |
62 | Sat Nov 22, 2003 | Robert H. Wolfe |
62 | Sat Jan 10, 2004 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
62 | Sat Feb 14, 2004 | Frank Longo |
62 | Sat Jun 5, 2004 | Byron Walden |
62 | Sat Sep 4, 2004 | Patrick Berry |
62 | Sat Nov 13, 2004 | Frank Longo |
62 | Fri Mar 11, 2005 | Manny Nosowsky |
62 | Fri Jul 1, 2005 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
62 | Sat Sep 24, 2005 | Byron Walden |
62 | Sat Apr 29, 2006 | Robert H. Wolfe |
62 | Sat Feb 17, 2007 | Robert H. Wolfe |
62 | Sat Jul 28, 2007 | Manny Nosowsky |
62 | Sat Sep 8, 2007 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
62 | Sat Jun 14, 2008 | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
62 | Fri Nov 21, 2008 | Patrick Berry |
62 | Fri Jul 24, 2009 | Patrick Berry |
62 | Thu Jul 8, 2010 | John Farmer |
62 | Sat Aug 7, 2010 | Joe Krozel |
62 | Fri Aug 13, 2010 | Manny Nosowsky |
62 | Fri Sep 24, 2010 | Mark Diehl |
62 | Fri Feb 18, 2011 | Patrick Berry |
62 | Fri Apr 8, 2011 | Joe Krozel |
62 | Fri Sep 30, 2011 | Joe Krozel |
62 | Fri Dec 23, 2011 | Patrick Berry |
62 | Sat Jan 14, 2012 | Mark Diehl |
62 | Fri Mar 9, 2012 | Tim Croce |
62 | Fri Feb 15, 2013 | Tom Heilman |
62 | Fri Mar 15, 2013 | Joe Krozel |
62 | Fri Oct 18, 2013 | David Steinberg |
62 | Fri May 23, 2014 | David Steinberg |
62 | Sat Jul 5, 2014 | David Steinberg |
62 | Fri Oct 10, 2014 | David Steinberg |
62 | Sat Nov 29, 2014 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
62 | Fri Feb 27, 2015 | Julian Lim |
62 | Fri Mar 27, 2015 | David Kwong |
62 | Sat Aug 15, 2015 | Jeff Chen |
62 | Sat Mar 19, 2016 | Byron Walden |
62 | Fri May 6, 2016 | Julian Lim |
62 | Sat May 14, 2016 | Jeff Chen |
62 | Sat Feb 4, 2017 | Patrick Berry |
62 | Fri Apr 7, 2017 | Patrick Berry |
62 | Sat Apr 8, 2017 | Jeff Chen |
62 | Sat Jun 3, 2017 | Roland Huget |
62 | Sat Aug 12, 2017 | Kameron Austin Collins |
62 | Sat Nov 3, 2018 | Ryan McCarty |
62 | Sat Jan 12, 2019 | Sam Trabucco |
62 | Sat Mar 9, 2019 | Sam Trabucco |
62 | Sat Mar 23, 2019 | David Steinberg |
62 | Sat Jun 1, 2019 | Ari Richter |
62 | Sat Oct 26, 2019 | Sam Trabucco |
62 | Sat Nov 23, 2019 | Trenton Charlson |
62 | Sat Feb 15, 2020 | Randolph Ross |
62 | Sat Feb 6, 2021 | Kameron Austin Collins |
62 | Sat Sep 11, 2021 | Sid Sivakumar |
62 | Sat Mar 19, 2022 | Ryan McCarty |
62 | Fri Jun 10, 2022 | Blake Slonecker |
62 | Sat Jun 11, 2022 | Sid Sivakumar |
62 | Sat Jul 16, 2022 | Kameron Austin Collins |
62 | Sat Jun 10, 2023 | John Hawksley |
62 | Sat Jul 22, 2023 | Robert Logan |
62 | Fri Sep 15, 2023 | David A. Rubin and Lee Demertzis |
62 | Fri Dec 8, 2023 | Robert Logan |
63 | Thu Jun 19, 2008 | Joe Krozel |
63 | Fri Dec 10, 2010 | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
63 | Thu Oct 7, 2021 | Timothy Polin |