diff --git a/utils/zerotrie/src/builder/dense.rs b/utils/zerotrie/src/builder/dense.rs
index fb5128b957c..40c8f994f00 100644
--- a/utils/zerotrie/src/builder/dense.rs
+++ b/utils/zerotrie/src/builder/dense.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,31 @@ pub(crate) struct DenseSparse2dAsciiWithFixedDelimiterBuilder<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> DenseSparse2dAsciiWithFixedDelimiterBuilder<'a> {
+    ///Helper function: finds best row offset when value range too large for dense matrix
+    fn find_window(values: &BTreeMap<&'a str, usize>) -> usize {
+        let mut sorted_vals: Vec<usize> = values.values().cloned().collect();
+        let row_width = usize::from(DenseType::MAX);
+        sorted_vals.sort_unstable();
+        let mut bot = 0;
+        let mut best = 0;
+        let mut best_index = 0;
+        for top in 0..sorted_vals.len() {
+            while bot < top {
+                let top_val = sorted_vals.get(top).copied().unwrap_or(0);
+                let bot_val = sorted_vals.get(bot).copied().unwrap_or(0);
+                if top_val - bot_val >= row_width {
+                    bot += 1;
+                } else {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (top - bot + 1) > best {
+                best = top - bot + 1;
+                best_index = bot;
+            }
+        }
+        sorted_vals.get(best_index).copied().unwrap_or(0)
+    }
     /// Add a prefix and all values associated with the prefix to the builder.
     pub(crate) fn add_prefix(
         &mut self,
@@ -42,20 +67,19 @@ impl<'a> DenseSparse2dAsciiWithFixedDelimiterBuilder<'a> {
             max = core::cmp::max(max, *value);
         }
         // >= because DenseType::MAX is the sentinel
+        let mut row_value_offset = min;
         if max - min >= usize::from(DenseType::MAX) {
-            // TODO(#7303): How to implement this when we need it:
-            // 1. Select the row offset that gets the greatest number of values into the dense matrix.
-            // 2. Put all out-of-range values into the primary trie, as we do with sparse rows.
-            todo!("values in row are not in a sufficiently compact range");
+            row_value_offset = Self::find_window(values);
         }
-        let sentinel = min + usize::from(DenseType::MAX);
+        let sentinel = row_value_offset + usize::from(DenseType::MAX);
         // Partition the entries based on whether they can be encoded as dense
         let (dense_or_sparse, sparse_only) = values
             .iter()
             .map(|(suffix, value)| (*suffix, *value))
-            .partition::<BTreeMap<&'a str, usize>, _>(|(suffix, _value)| {
-                // TODO(#7303): Also filter for suffixes that are out of range of the dense row offset
+            .partition::<BTreeMap<&'a str, usize>, _>(|(suffix, value)| {
                 self.suffixes.contains(suffix)
+                    && *value >= row_value_offset
+                    && *value < row_value_offset + usize::from(DenseType::MAX)
             });
         // Check whether the sparse trie is smaller than the dense row
         let sub_trie = dense_or_sparse
@@ -64,7 +88,6 @@ impl<'a> DenseSparse2dAsciiWithFixedDelimiterBuilder<'a> {
             .collect::<ZeroTrieSimpleAscii<Vec<u8>>>();
         if sub_trie.byte_len() > self.suffixes.len() * core::mem::size_of::<DenseType>() {
             // Create a dense prefix
-            let row_value_offset = min;
             let offsets = self
                 .suffixes
                 .iter()
diff --git a/utils/zerotrie/tests/dense_test.rs b/utils/zerotrie/tests/dense_test.rs
index 7815749f667..a8513f103c4 100644
--- a/utils/zerotrie/tests/dense_test.rs
+++ b/utils/zerotrie/tests/dense_test.rs
@@ -137,3 +137,42 @@ fn test_short_subtags() {
     let simple_trie = make_simple_ascii_trie(&data);
     assert_eq!(simple_trie.byte_len(), 1099634);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_dense_sparse_window_selection() {
+    //Make initial Btree (not using enumerate)
+    let row_width = usize::from(u16::MAX); // Densetype max
+    let far_low = 0;
+    let cluster_start = 50;
+    let cluster_vals = [cluster_start, cluster_start + 2, cluster_start + 3];
+    let far_high = cluster_start + row_width + 100;
+
+    let mut inner = BTreeMap::new();
+    inner.insert("low", far_low);
+    inner.insert("a", cluster_vals.first().copied().unwrap_or(0));
+    inner.insert("c", cluster_vals.get(2).copied().unwrap_or(0));
+    inner.insert("d", cluster_start + row_width - 3);
+    inner.insert("e", cluster_start + row_width - 2);
+    inner.insert("f", cluster_start + row_width - 1);
+    inner.insert("c2", cluster_vals.get(2).copied().unwrap_or(0));
+    inner.insert("g", cluster_start + row_width);
+    inner.insert("h", cluster_start + row_width + 1);
+    inner.insert("b", cluster_vals.get(1).copied().unwrap_or(0));
+    inner.insert("high", far_high);
+    inner.insert("c3", cluster_vals.get(2).copied().unwrap_or(0));
+    inner.insert("low2", far_low);
+
+    let mut data = BTreeMap::new();
+    data.insert("p", inner);
+
+    // Build the 2d trie.
+    let dense = ZeroAsciiDenseSparse2dTrieOwned::try_from_btree_map_str(&data, b'/').unwrap();
+    let trie = dense.as_borrowed();
+
+    check_data(&data, trie, true);
+
+    let byte_len = check_encoding(dense.as_borrowed());
+    assert_eq!(byte_len, 102);
+    let simple_trie = make_simple_ascii_trie(&data);
+    assert_eq!(simple_trie.byte_len(), 60);
+}