Daily NYT Puzzle Records

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Record Name Record Puzzle and Constructor
Fewest Black Squares 19 March 11, 2005 by Manny Nosowsky
Lowest Word Count 52 January 21, 2005 by Frank Longo
Fewest Down Entries 27 6 times, first on August 23, 1996 by Martin Ashwood-Smith
Fewest Across Entries 17 February 14, 2004 by Frank Longo
Average Word Length (AWL) 7.19 January 21, 2005 by Frank Longo
Down Entry AWL 7.22 August 4, 2001 & November 29, 2003 both by Randolph Ross
Across Entry AWL 11.47 February 14, 2004 by Frank Longo
Most 15-letter Entries 10 7 times, first on June 30, 2000 by Martin Ashwood-Smith
Most Entries 10-Letters or longer 16 May 14, 1999 by Frank Longo
Highest Scrabble Score per Letter 2.49 January 30, 2007 by Nancy Salomon
Most Pangrams 3 twice, first November 14, 1998 by Matt Gaffney
Most Buzz Lots Nov 5, 1996 or Nov 5, 1996 by Jeremiah Farrell
Most Rebus Entries 22 January 12, 2006 by Kyle Mahowald

Most Frequent Letter Usage

Letter Count Puzzle and Constructor
A 69 March 21, 2002 by Patrick D. Berry
B 20 March 17, 1999 by Myles Callum
C 16 2 times, first February 20, 1999 by Rich Norris
D 24 June 6, 2000 by Alan Arbesfeld
E 78 February 9, 1999 by Janet R. Bender
F 12 2 times, first December 20, 2000 by Alan Arbesfeld
G 19 January 30, 2008 by Peter A. Collins
H 15 2 times, first January 14, 2002 by Michael Shteyman
I 25 January 12, 2006 by Kyle Mahowald
J 9 December 10, 1996 by Dean Niles
K 18 May 24, 2007 by Patrick Merrell
L 35 July 18, 1994 by Wayne Robert Williams
M 15 December 21, 2005 by David J. Kahn
N 26 April 1, 2004 by Byron Walden
O 34 December 16, 1993 by Nancy Nicholson Joline
P 17 September 1, 2003 by Barry Silk
Q 12 February 16, 1996 by Manny Nosowsky
R 25 March 12, 1996 by Randall J. Hartman
S 36 December 15, 2005 by Patrick Merrell
T 55 April 1, 2000 by Manny Nosowsky
U 19 February 16, 1996 by Manny Nosowsky
V 8 5 times, first February 21, 1996 by Fran & Louis Sabin
W 14 September 14, 2004 by Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
X 13 October 9, 2002 by Peter Gordon
Y 12 June 17, 2003 by Susan Harrington Smith
Z 18 January 30, 2007 by Nancy Salomon

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