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21x21 grids with the Fewest Words in the Modern Era

Recent themeless Sundays have pushed the fewest words limits.

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Top constructors and grids:

Sam Ezersky Brooke Husic Will Nediger Frank Longo Byron Walden Ryan McCarty Joel Fagliano Sid Sivakumar Adrian Johnson Andrew Chaikin Patrick Berry
Sun 6/11/2023 Words, Words, Words: A Themeless118
TOBACCOHASPLANS
COAUTHORBACKRONYM
SHORTHAULSASHAOBAMA
BARTSTARRREDHOTPOKER
OVOWENTTOETOTOEITT
CONCORDCICADASPANSY
AROOMCALLLOGCAM
GETSOMEAIRTAROTS
SKINNIERDIMSOLDASIS
COMOKANTMICHELMULL
OOHSILEACTURNAAREA
OPECBILBAODUALSINK
BARESALLUNMBIOWASTE
SENTRYALGALBLOOM
TISDIDOKAYNATTY
TAMERSORRIERFATTIRE
ACUDAIKONRADISHDEG
JUSTKIDDINGJUNKETING
INTROCLASSSEMISWEET
KIDACTORSCABSTAND
STOPHATEINSHORT
Sun 8/21/2022 Stacking Up120
BLEATAFROLATINA
PIERREPREPARATIVE
HATTREETIMEWILLTELL
RESTOATHAIRBALLMEA
EASEINHUNTAODAMP
FDADEVELOPSOLOORES
USCBOHRATOMKATNINE
SPAREUSDOWELTILTAT
ARGOTSFACETATTOOS
LILOCONCRETEISLAND
SNITCONCURRENCESEES
GAYPRIDEPARADESOTO
THEMARINERSTAMPED
BIOLABSEGARMODERNA
KETOMRSDEDICATEOTC
LAITSAUDREVIVALNIA
ETSYPODRATLAGOON
INSCATEREDLYRENUNS
NIAGARARIVERMEDIANS
KILLINGTIMEADULTS
DOMEASOLIDPOPES
Sun 11/24/2019 OPEN WIDE!122
DANIELCRAIGTAKESHAPE
USEDVEHICLEUNENTERED
COLLEGEPREPTIEDYEING
AFLYELISHASPILLANE
IRKEDAMATIVE
JEALOUSYPRISONESCAPE
OUTINGCADGINGODOR
ABACISHORTOFETCHIN
DIRECTLINESILICONE
SEIBRANDNAMEPRODUCTS
TOOKTOTHESLOPES
SEVENYEARSINTIBETVAT
WEIRDESTDECORATIVE
ARNESSDESERETBELIE
RIGSCOALERSSLALOM
METAANALYSESSTHELENS
MIMESISCERES
SADFACESETALIIFLAP
ALERTEDTOAMAZONPRIME
ATLEISURERAREDISEASE
ROADSTEADSHOREPATROL
WordsDateAuthorBlocks
118Sun Jun 11, 2023Sam Ezersky71
120Sun Aug 21, 2022Brooke Husic and Will Nediger74
122Sun Nov 24, 2019Frank Longo60
122Sun May 17, 2020Byron Walden56
122Sun Dec 18, 2022Ryan McCarty60
124Sun Jun 16, 2019Joel Fagliano56
124Sun Nov 7, 2021Sid Sivakumar69
124Sun Dec 22, 2024Adrian Johnson71
126Sun May 27, 2018Andrew Chaikin71
126Sun Nov 4, 2018Patrick Berry55
126Sun Dec 3, 2023Tracy Bennett55
128Sun Jul 15, 2012Randolph Ross74
128Sun Jul 15, 2018Sam Ezersky and Byron Walden66
129Sun Mar 6, 2022Matthew Stock and Will Nediger92
130Sun Dec 29, 1996B. White78
130Sun Mar 23, 1997Bryant White74
130Sun Aug 31, 1997David J. Kahn78
130Sun Mar 26, 2000Manny Nosowsky64
130Sun May 6, 2007Charles M. Deber68
130Sun May 1, 2016Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden70
130Sun Nov 18, 2018Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano74
130Sun Jun 6, 2021Robyn Weintraub55
130Sun Aug 8, 2021Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen83
131Sun Oct 22, 2006Harvey Estes93
131Sun Feb 3, 2008Matt Ginsberg72
131Sun Jan 27, 2013Jeff Chen77
131Sun May 29, 2022Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen100
132Sun Oct 16, 1994Raymond Hamel70
132Sun Sep 3, 2000David J. Kahn76
132Sun Jan 6, 2002Frank A. Longo66
132Sun Jul 11, 2004Randolph Ross63
132Sun Apr 16, 2006Mike Torch72
132Sun Jan 21, 2007Patrick Berry68
132Sun Jul 13, 2008Matt Ginsberg64
132Sun Oct 14, 2012Todd Gross64
132Sun Dec 16, 2012Matt Ginsberg77
132Sun Jan 13, 2013Elizabeth C. Gorski80
132Sun Jul 7, 2013Joel Fagliano76
132Sun Mar 29, 2015Alan Arbesfeld64
132Sun Jun 14, 2015Randolph Ross66
132Sun Sep 27, 2015Tom McCoy72
132Sun Nov 15, 2015Alan Arbesfeld64
132Sun Nov 13, 2016Joel Fagliano68
132Sun Mar 4, 2018Byron Walden69
132Sun Sep 16, 2018Joel Fagliano66
132Sun Aug 4, 2019Will Nediger71
132Sun Nov 15, 2020Caitlin Reid70
132Sun Apr 3, 2022Byron Walden62
132Sun Jun 19, 2022Jeremy Newton81
132Sun Jun 25, 2023John Westwig72
133Sun Oct 9, 2022Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau84
134Sun Dec 3, 1995Martin Schneider76
134Sun Sep 15, 1996A. K. Justin72
134Sun Jan 5, 1997W. R. Williams65
134Sun Apr 27, 1997Matt Gaffney70
134Sun May 25, 1997Cathy Millhauser78
134Sun Sep 21, 1997Mike Shenk75
134Sun Jun 4, 2000Martin Schneider72
134Sun Apr 22, 2001Patrick Berry70
134Sun May 6, 2001Manny Nosowsky85
134Sun Sep 2, 2001Manny Nosowsky68
134Sun Oct 7, 2001Patrick Berry76
134Sun Nov 30, 2003Manny Nosowsky70
134Sun Sep 26, 2004Joe DiPietro76
134Sun Feb 27, 2005Mike Torch76
134Sun Feb 26, 2006Randolph Ross79
134Sun Jun 1, 2008Patrick Berry76
134Sun Jul 20, 2008Barry C. Silk76
134Sun Feb 22, 2009Barry C. Silk & Doug Peterson78
134Sun Sep 13, 2009Todd Gross97
134Sun Dec 6, 2009Patrick Berry72
134Sun Jan 22, 2012Adam Fromm74
134Sun Nov 18, 2012Timothy Polin84
134Sun May 12, 2013David J. Kahn82
134Sun Jun 16, 2013Mel Rosen82
134Sun Jun 30, 2013Alex Vratsanos and Jeff Chen92
134Sun Aug 4, 2013Steven Ginzburg75
134Sun Nov 10, 2013Alan Olschwang60
134Sun Feb 16, 2014Yaakov Bendavid64
134Sun Jul 5, 2015Elizabeth C. Gorski79
134Sun Sep 13, 2015Joe DiPietro79
134Sun Feb 7, 2016Alan Arbesfeld66
134Sun Mar 20, 2016Joel Fagliano73
134Sun Apr 9, 2017Byron Walden68
134Sun May 21, 2017Randolph Ross76
134Sun Apr 8, 2018Patrick Berry76
134Sun Oct 14, 2018Ross Trudeau69
134Sun Jan 27, 2019Randolph Ross68
134Sun Feb 3, 2019Natan Last75
134Sun Oct 20, 2019Natan Last87
134Sun Nov 17, 2019Randolph Ross74
134Sun May 24, 2020Andrew Chaikin79
134Sun Jun 7, 2020Andy Kravis64
134Sun Aug 13, 2023Manaal Mohammed80
134Sun Mar 30, 2025Simeon Seigel80
136Sun Aug 28, 1994Randolph Ross71
136Sun Apr 2, 1995Norman S. Wizer76
136Sun Dec 10, 1995Jim Page69
136Sun May 26, 1996R. Ross72
136Sun Aug 4, 1996D. Tuller66
136Sun Sep 8, 1996R. H. Wolfe78
136Sun Oct 13, 1996W. R. Williams65
136Sun Oct 20, 1996R. Ross89
136Sun Dec 15, 1996R. Ross74
136Sun Aug 17, 1997Cathy Millhauser76
136Sun Dec 7, 1997Randolph Ross77
136Sun Mar 1, 1998Cathy Millhauser76
136Sun Mar 22, 1998Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon65
136Sun Apr 5, 1998David J. Kahn70
136Sun Nov 15, 1998Robert H. Wolfe76
136Sun Nov 29, 1998Matt Gaffney72
136Sun Jan 31, 1999Manny Nosowsky70
136Sun Feb 21, 1999Fred Piscop68
136Sun May 2, 1999Jim Page78
136Sun Jan 23, 2000Joe DiPietro75
136Sun Mar 12, 2000Elizabeth C. Gorski76
136Sun Jul 23, 2000Patrick Berry74
136Sun Oct 15, 2000Patrick Berry72
136Sun Jan 28, 2001Jim Page80
136Sun Mar 11, 2001Elizabeth C. Gorski77
136Sun Jun 24, 2001Randolph Ross70
136Sun Jun 2, 2002Frank Longo73
136Sun Sep 1, 2002Patrick Berry79
136Sun Nov 3, 2002Patrick Berry69
136Sun Jul 20, 2003Patrick Merrell74
136Sun Dec 7, 2003Sherry O. Blackard73
136Sun Sep 12, 2004Patrick Berry68
136Sun Mar 20, 2005Patrick Berry69
136Sun May 15, 2005Patrick Berry66
136Sun Jun 19, 2005Manny Nosowsky78
136Sun Aug 21, 2005Byron Walden71
136Sun Nov 13, 2005Brendan Emmett Quigley68
136Sun Jan 29, 2006Rich Norris84
136Sun Feb 5, 2006Eric Berlin87
136Sun May 27, 2007Patrick Berry75
136Sun Jun 3, 2007Kelsey Blakley69
136Sun Jul 29, 2007Brendan Emmett Quigley70
136Sun Oct 21, 2007Brendan Emmett Quigley68
136Sun Aug 31, 2008Alan Arbesfeld62
136Sun Nov 2, 2008Elizabeth C. Gorski74
136Sun Jan 25, 2009Michael Torch68
136Sun May 10, 2009Patrick Berry76
136Sun Nov 1, 2009Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller69
136Sun Feb 14, 2010Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller74
136Sun Feb 21, 2010Eric Berlin70
136Sun Aug 29, 2010Derek Bowman76
136Sun Apr 10, 2011Paula Gamache68
136Sun Aug 28, 2011Patrick Berry79
136Sun Sep 4, 2011Dana Delany and Matt Ginsberg69
136Sun Oct 7, 2012Zoe Wheeler65
136Sun Jan 20, 2013Yaakov Bendavid61
136Sun Mar 3, 2013Samuel A. Donaldson64
136Sun Apr 7, 2013Matt Ginsberg71
136Sun May 26, 2013Joon Pahk and Jeremy Horwitz72
136Sun Aug 25, 2013Victor Barocas69
136Sun Sep 29, 2013Norm Guggenbiller64
136Sun Oct 6, 2013Patrick Berry72
136Sun Mar 2, 2014Alan Arbesfeld70
136Sun Aug 31, 2014Joel Fagliano70
136Sun Sep 7, 2014Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen85
136Sun Sep 21, 2014Michael Ashley78
136Sun Sep 28, 2014Todd Gross68
136Sun Jan 18, 2015Joe Krozel80
136Sun Jan 25, 2015Alan Arbesfeld65
136Sun Apr 26, 2015Patrick Berry77
136Sun Jul 19, 2015Tom McCoy68
136Sun Feb 26, 2017Josh Knapp75
136Sun Mar 12, 2017Alan Arbesfeld67
136Sun Jun 4, 2017Tom McCoy78
136Sun Sep 3, 2017Andrew Zhou74
136Sun Dec 10, 2017Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein88
136Sun Jul 1, 2018Sam Trabucco76
136Sun Jul 29, 2018Will Nediger62
136Sun Jan 20, 2019Richard Crowe68
136Sun Mar 10, 2019Adam Fromm68
136Sun Apr 28, 2019Brendan Emmett Quigley66
136Sun May 19, 2019Natan Last76
136Sun Oct 13, 2019Erik Agard70
136Sun Dec 22, 2019Laura Taylor Kinnel75
136Sun Dec 29, 2019Andrew Chaikin74
136Sun Mar 22, 2020Brendan Emmett Quigley70
136Sun Aug 2, 2020David Levinson Wilk61
136Sun Oct 4, 2020Sam Ezersky73
136Sun Nov 29, 2020Eric Berlin73
136Sun Jul 11, 2021Ashish Vengsarkar70
136Sun Sep 19, 2021Peter Gordon66
136Sun Feb 27, 2022Sheldon Polonsky73
136Sun Nov 13, 2022Samuel A. Donaldson73
136Sun Feb 26, 2023Will Nediger70
136Sun Jan 14, 2024John Kugelman78
136Sun May 26, 2024John Kugelman80
136Sun Sep 29, 2024Joe Deeney70
136Sun Oct 6, 2024John Kugelman78
136Sun Dec 29, 2024Harry Zheng83
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