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Least Scrabulous Sunday puzzles
30 Sunday puzzles with the lowest average letter value in the Modern Era
Scrabble scores: 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
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Sun 3/18/2001 AT PRESENT
C | A | P | I | T | A | | M | A | S | S | E | | T | E | E | N | | M | A | O |
A | R | I | S | E | N | | O | L | E | I | N | | A | L | L | I | N | A | L | L |
P | I | N | A | T | A | C | O | L | A | D | A | | H | E | L | M | E | T | E | D |
L | E | T | | E | R | E | N | O | W | | | T | I | N | | | S | I | R | S |
E | T | A | L | | M | O | R | T | A | L | S | A | T | I | N | | T | N | T | |
S | T | I | E | B | | | I | S | R | A | E | L | I | | O | L | E | G | | |
S | A | L | A | R | I | E | S | | D | I | R | K | | B | O | A | R | D | S | |
| | | F | A | R | M | E | R | | | F | I | E | L | D | S | | Y | U | P |
D | I | F | | S | K | I | | E | O | S | | E | X | A | L | T | | N | B | A |
A | M | I | S | S | | T | R | A | N | C | E | | T | H | E | R | M | A | L | S |
N | A | D | E | R | | | E | L | E | A | N | O | R | | | A | S | S | E | T |
G | R | E | N | A | D | E | S | | A | N | Y | D | A | Y | | T | U | T | T | E |
M | E | L | | T | A | L | E | S | | T | A | I | | O | B | I | | Y | S | L |
E | T | C | | I | N | S | E | C | T | | | C | O | Y | O | T | E | | | |
| S | A | R | N | I | A | | A | R | E | S | | L | O | D | E | S | T | A | R |
| | S | A | G | E | | S | L | E | E | T | E | D | | | S | T | A | G | E |
| M | T | V | | L | A | T | E | X | L | U | T | H | O | R | | E | R | O | S |
S | A | R | I | | | L | E | D | | | T | H | A | L | E | S | | A | N | T |
P | L | A | N | T | A | I | N | | S | A | T | A | N | A | N | T | O | N | I | O |
A | L | T | E | R | E | G | O | | U | P | E | N | D | | T | O | O | T | E | R |
N | E | O | | U | R | N | S | | P | E | R | E | S | | A | P | P | O | S | E |
Sun 5/13/2007 TWO TIMES THREE*
S | A | S | H | E | D | | A | D | A | M | S | | A | B | E | | G | R | I | T |
I | M | P | A | L | A | | S | A | D | A | T | | B | E | L | G | I | A | N | S |
T | U | R | N | S | T | O | S | T | O | N | E | | I | S | S | U | A | N | C | E |
A | S | I | D | E | | S | H | A | | S | E | A | L | E | | T | N | G | | |
R | E | G | S | | T | H | E | S | C | A | R | L | E | T | L | E | T | T | E | R |
| | | A | T | O | | | E | E | R | | A | N | S | E | | A | R | A | T |
S | H | O | W | H | O | W | I | T | S | D | O | N | E | | T | E | N | U | R | E |
T | E | L | | E | L | E | V | | | S | L | O | | | S | A | T | E | S | |
R | E | A | L | M | | L | A | N | E | | E | N | T | | U | R | E | | | |
A | D | F | E | E | | O | N | E | N | D | | | R | E | P | L | A | C | E | |
D | E | I | S | | | S | H | O | V | E | O | V | E | R | | | T | H | E | A |
| R | I | S | E | S | T | O | | | B | R | I | E | R | | H | E | A | R | D |
| | | E | S | O | | E | E | K | | T | I | T | O | | A | R | N | I | E |
| G | U | S | T | O | | | D | I | S | | | O | L | D | S | | D | E | L |
H | E | N | S | O | N | | S | I | M | P | L | E | P | L | E | A | S | U | R | E |
I | T | B | E | | Y | E | A | S | | A | A | A | | | A | T | H | | | |
P | A | I | N | T | I | N | T | O | A | C | O | R | N | E | R | | A | M | B | S |
| | A | T | E | | G | E | N | R | E | | F | A | O | | A | T | Y | O | U |
E | L | S | I | N | O | R | E | | M | A | R | L | I | N | L | I | N | E | U | P |
S | T | E | A | D | M | A | N | | A | G | O | A | L | | E | D | E | R | L | E |
A | D | D | L | | E | M | S | | S | E | E | P | S | | V | E | R | S | E | S |
Sun 8/2/1998 Foursomes
S | I | D | E | B | A | R | | | B | A | B | A | S | | B | A | T | M | A | N |
I | R | O | N | A | G | E | | A | R | D | O | R | S | | A | T | O | N | C | E |
B | E | A | T | L | E | S | | M | O | U | N | T | R | U | S | H | M | O | R | E |
| | | R | E | N | T | | O | I | L | E | D | | L | I | E | | P | O | D |
L | O | C | U | S | T | | E | U | L | A | | E | S | S | E | N | | | | |
E | R | A | S | | | N | A | N | | T | A | C | I | T | | A | S | C | A | P |
S | I | L | T | | L | I | T | T | L | E | W | O | M | E | N | | A | L | S | O |
S | O | L | S | T | I | C | E | | A | D | S | | P | R | O | | T | O | S | S |
E | L | I | | A | R | E | N | A | S | | | | L | S | D | | I | V | E | S |
R | E | N | A | M | E | S | | L | E | G | A | T | O | | S | U | R | E | T | E |
| | G | I | P | | T | O | P | R | A | T | I | N | G | | K | I | R | | |
S | A | B | R | A | S | | B | O | S | T | O | N | | O | R | A | C | L | E | S |
C | R | I | B | | H | A | S | | | | N | A | C | H | O | S | | E | L | O |
H | E | R | A | | A | R | C | | A | R | E | | L | O | V | E | L | A | N | D |
W | A | D | S | | D | O | U | B | L | E | S | G | A | M | E | | A | V | I | D |
A | S | S | E | S | | U | R | A | L | S | | R | U | E | | | R | E | N | E |
| | | | U | P | S | E | T | | O | D | E | S | | L | O | G | S | O | N |
A | R | P | | R | E | A | | I | O | N | I | A | | P | O | N | E | | | |
S | E | I | N | F | E | L | D | S | T | A | R | S | | S | E | A | S | O | N | S |
P | A | P | I | E | R | | S | T | I | N | G | Y | | S | W | I | S | H | E | D |
S | P | E | N | D | S | | C | A | S | T | E | | | T | E | R | E | S | A | S |
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Rank | Date | Author | Size | Average | Pangram? | Title |
1. | Sun Mar 18, 2001 | Richard Silvestri | 21x21 | 1.37 | | AT PRESENT |
2. | Sun May 13, 2007 | Jim Page | 21x21 | 1.37 | | TWO TIMES THREE* |
3. | Sun Aug 2, 1998 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 21x21 | 1.37 | | Foursomes |
4. | Sun Feb 23, 1997 | Nancy Nicholson Joline | 21x21 | 1.38 | | Theme: Sound Effects |
5. | Sun May 29, 1994 | Janet R. Bender | 21x21 | 1.39 | | Look Both Ways |
6. | Sun Sep 7, 2003 | Alan Arbesfeld | 21x21 | 1.39 | | INSIDE BREAK |
7. | Sun Jun 3, 2018 | David J. Kahn | 21x21 | 1.39 | | PROVING THEM WRONG |
8. | Sun Aug 30, 1998 | John Wolting | 21x21 | 1.39 | | A Twist of Phrase |
9. | Sun Dec 23, 2007 | Adam G. Perl | 21x21 | 1.39 | | YULE OUTSOURCING |
10. | Sun Dec 13, 1998 | Richard Silvestri | 21x21 | 1.39 | | Sounds of the Past |
11. | Sun May 4, 2014 | Mary Lou Guizzo | 21x21 | 1.40 | | JOINED SIDES |
12. | Sun Jul 10, 1994 | Alvin Chase | 21x21 | 1.40 | | Stepquote |
13. | Sun Nov 27, 1994 | Jacques Liwer | 21x21 | 1.40 | | Per-plexities |
14. | Sun Jul 10, 2005 | Con Pederson | 21x21 | 1.40 | | NEW AR-RANGEMENTS |
15. | Sun Feb 18, 2007 | David Kwong and Kevan Choset | 21x21 | 1.40 | | MAGIC WORDS |
16. | Sun May 15, 1994 | Charles M. Deber | 21x21 | 1.40 | | Laxicography |
17. | Sun Dec 3, 2006 | Patrick Merrell | 21x21 | 1.41 | | PREFIX REMIX |
18. | Sun Feb 9, 2003 | David J. Kahn | 21x21 | 1.41 | | DRAWING POWER |
19. | Sun Feb 12, 1995 | Alex & Victoria Black | 21x21 | 1.41 | | Bureaucratically Speaking |
20. | Sun Aug 6, 2023 | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen | 21x21 | 1.41 | | What's Hanging? |
21. | Sun Dec 29, 2002 | Richard Silvestri | 21x21 | 1.41 | | BONUS ROUNDS |
22. | Sun May 14, 1995 | Richard Silvestri | 21x21 | 1.42 | | Municipal Bonds |
23. | Sun Oct 19, 1997 | David J. Kahn | 21x21 | 1.42 | | String Quintet |
24. | Sun Nov 8, 2009 | Robert W. Harris | 21x21 | 1.42 | | COLONIZATION |
25. | Sun Jan 25, 1998 | Dave Tuller | 21x21 | 1.42 | | Seeing Double |
| Sun Jul 23, 1995 | Fran & Lou Sabin | 21x21 | 1.42 | | In 1945 |
27. | Sun Dec 15, 2002 | RIchard Hughes | 21x21 | 1.42 | | DID WHAT? |
28. | Sun Feb 18, 2001 | David J. Kahn | 21x21 | 1.42 | | WHAT'S MY LINE? |
29. | Sun Jan 21, 2007 | Patrick Berry | 21x21 | 1.42 | | KAREEM OF THE CROP |
30. | Sun Mar 25, 2007 | Fred Piscop | 21x21 | 1.42 | | ?OOH!? |