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Wednesday 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:

Tom McCoy Fred Piscop Richard Silvestri Adam G. Perl David Levinson Wilk Hal Moore Nancy Salomon Nancy S. Ross Randall J. Hartman Sarah Keller Jacob Stulberg
Wed 1/3/1996
HALLSASHEMEIN
ELIOTMOOREDGE
WASTENOTWANTNOT
SITNOESYEARS
SCABARLO
RICHMANPOORMAN
DELIASINATE
UNOPOMMELSBOX
MENOPIEWELT
BEALLANDENDALL
ELLEDOES
ALONEAIRESTU
GOODNEWSBADNEWS
RAZESOILEERIE
AMERPOSEEVANS
Wed 7/19/2006
ARDORAPOPMESA
BERRALENAIMAC
ODISTLEERRUDE
MYFORMULAFOR
BETAIRAROMAS
SUCCESSISRISE
REANUTSTE
IRONSWEBASTIR
DOGTOEELI
EARLYWORKLATE
AMELIAAHSREF
ANDSTRIKEOIL
SWAMDORAAMIGO
PAPALOOTNICHE
AXESETTESTATS
POW Wed 2/3/2016
SPIELPUNTSSKI
GECKOALOHATOM
TAKECONTROLORE
SKYDIVERAREA
UMATHURMAN
REPELRANT
MIDDLECLASSARF
SCIFIAIDAGREE
SETCENTERFIELD
SILOEENSY
ALLATINGLE
RAIDEASTASIA
USEDEATHEATERS
BEGORBITSTEAK
ARECACTIEARNS
Wed 3/2/2016
AHEMABETGAPED
MADELEARALIVE
ABITTARALUCAS
ZITICOUNCILMAN
ETHERECO
ROLLSENDURE
MOCCOACHABEL
ORZOITWOULDSEEM
SEALSUGARRKO
TOREROREPOS
AWLOHARE
PENNEANTEPOKER
MERITDEALRIGA
ALIKEEMMAETAS
STEEDNOELSANE
Wed 1/28/1998
CATSMILNEBASK
ALITIDEALRICE
PEERALARMURAL
CREAMEDCORNELL
ASISTEDDY
SCAMPCADET
IOUCREASETACO
PORTAUPRINCETON
SPARSEDATEORE
ASHESLUMPS
SIEVESILT
OBJETDARTMOUTH
USEROPERARAID
SECSDEBUGNUKE
ANTEORATESTEW

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

RankDateAuthorWed. %Score
1.Wed Jan 3, 1996W. R. Williams0.112.3
2.Wed Jul 19, 2006Alison Donald0.112.7
3.Wed Feb 3, 2016Tom McCoy0.213.0
4.Wed Mar 2, 2016Fred Piscop0.213.3
5.Wed Jan 28, 1998Mark Gottlieb0.313.6
6.Wed Mar 30, 2005Richard Silvestri0.413.6
7.Wed May 24, 2006Adam G. Perl0.413.6
8.Wed Jan 19, 2000Arthur S. Verdesca0.513.8
9.Wed Jul 16, 2003Norm Guggenbiller0.514.2
10.Wed Jan 8, 1997J. D. Leavy0.614.8
11.Wed Mar 10, 2004Richard Silvestri0.714.8
12.Wed Jun 23, 2004Jim Goodsell0.714.8
13.Wed Jul 18, 2012David Levinson Wilk0.815.0
14.Wed Mar 1, 2006Richard Silvestri0.815.1
15.Wed Apr 28, 2021Hal Moore0.915.4
16.Wed Jun 15, 2005Richard Silvestri1.015.5
17.Wed Apr 28, 1999Nancy Salomon1.015.6
18.Wed May 16, 2001Richard Silvestri1.115.8
19.Wed Nov 24, 1993Nancy S. Ross1.115.8
20.Wed Sep 10, 1997Randall J. Hartman1.215.8
21.Wed Sep 26, 2001Stephen Budiansky1.315.9
22.Wed Mar 27, 2002Sarah Keller1.315.9
23.Wed Jun 21, 2000Greg Staples1.416.0
24.Wed Sep 27, 2000Fred Piscop1.416.0
25.Wed May 20, 2015Jacob Stulberg1.516.2
26.Wed Aug 3, 2011Paul Guttormsson1.616.3
27.Wed Jun 19, 2002Janet R. Bender1.616.5
28.Wed Mar 6, 1996N. S. Ross1.716.5
29.Wed Aug 9, 2006Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.1.716.6
Wed Jun 5, 2002Richard Silvestri
31.Wed Mar 14, 2001Greg Staples1.916.7
32.Wed Sep 11, 2013Patrick Blindauer1.916.8
33.Wed Oct 26, 2005Adam G. Perl2.016.8
34.Wed Apr 27, 2005Lyell Rodieck2.017.1
Wed Oct 12, 2005Paul Guttormsson
36.Wed Dec 4, 2002Richard Hughes2.217.1
37.Wed Aug 25, 2004Richard Silvestri2.217.1
38.Wed Dec 27, 2006Manny Nosowsky2.317.1
39.Wed Apr 6, 2005Michael Doran2.317.2
40.Wed Nov 5, 2003Nancy Kavanaugh2.417.2
41.Wed Oct 10, 2001Richard Chisholm2.517.4
42.Wed Mar 26, 2008Michael Langwald2.517.4
43.Wed Jul 23, 2025Joseph Gangi2.617.6
44.Wed Nov 12, 1997Randall J. Hartman2.617.7
45.Wed Oct 27, 1999Chris Sallade2.717.8
Wed Dec 14, 1994Wayne Robert Williams
47.Wed Jan 30, 2002Randall J. Hartman2.817.8
48.Wed Aug 18, 1999Nancy Salomon2.917.8
49.Wed Aug 6, 2003Jay Livingston2.917.9
Wed Sep 5, 2007Richard Silvestri
51.Wed Nov 30, 2005Seth A. Abel3.118.0
Wed Feb 10, 1999Nancy Salomon
53.Wed Jul 3, 2002Peter Gordon3.218.0
54.Wed Aug 25, 1999Richard Hughes3.218.0
55.Wed May 4, 1994Louis Sabin3.318.0
56.Wed Jan 21, 2009Fred Piscop3.418.1
Wed Nov 2, 2005Randall J. Hartman
58.Wed Aug 13, 1997Richard Silvestri3.518.2
59.Wed May 25, 2022Christopher Youngs3.518.4
60.Wed Jul 28, 1999Manny Nosowsky3.618.5
61.Wed Mar 10, 1999Wesley R. Johnson3.718.5
62.Wed Apr 18, 2001A. J. Santora3.718.5
Wed Feb 2, 1994Robert Katz
64.Wed May 4, 2022Eric Bornstein3.818.7
65.Wed Jul 23, 2003Ed Early3.918.8
Wed Nov 29, 1995Nancy S. Ross
67.Wed Feb 2, 2000Richard Chisholm4.018.9
68.Wed Apr 25, 2001Mel Taub and crossword class4.118.9
69.Wed Feb 28, 1996F. A. Longo4.119.1
70.Wed Aug 9, 2017Adam G. Perl4.219.2
71.Wed Feb 26, 2025Dan Caprera4.319.2
72.Wed Jun 4, 1997Nancy S. Ross4.319.3
73.Wed Jul 13, 2016Tom McCoy4.419.3
74.Wed Aug 10, 2005Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette4.419.3
75.Wed Dec 27, 2000Michael S. Maurer and Bonnie Prystowsky4.519.3
Wed Oct 25, 2017Jules P. Markey
77.Wed Feb 8, 2006Patrick Merrell4.619.4
Wed Oct 25, 1995Larry Nargi
79.Wed Sep 16, 1998Richard Silvestri4.719.4
Wed Jul 6, 2011Peter Collins
81.Wed Apr 24, 2002Sheldon Benardo4.919.5
82.Wed Jan 18, 2006Sheldon Benardo4.919.5
Wed Jan 26, 2022Michael Schlossberg
84.Wed Mar 24, 1999Nancy Salomon5.019.5
85.Wed Sep 10, 2008Lucas Gaviotis Whitestone5.119.6
Wed May 31, 2006Trip Payne
87.Wed Nov 3, 2004Ed Early5.219.6
Wed Jan 4, 2006John Minarcik and Nancy Salomon
89.Wed Dec 15, 2004Zach Jesse5.319.6
90.Wed Mar 6, 2002Richard Silvestri5.419.7
91.Wed Jan 27, 1999Leslie Billig5.519.7
92.Wed Mar 18, 2009Robert A. Doll5.519.8
93.Wed Oct 25, 2000Nick Grivas5.619.8
94.Wed Dec 29, 1999Robert O. Dillman5.619.8
95.Wed Apr 4, 2001Alan Arbesfeld5.719.9
96.Wed Mar 24, 2004Norma Johnson5.819.9
Wed Nov 29, 2000Peter Gordon
98.Wed Oct 15, 1997Randall J. Hartman5.919.9
99.Wed Aug 27, 1997Jonathan Schmalzbach5.920.0
100.Wed Sep 2, 1998Randall J. Hartman6.020.0
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