Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A8
L5
O3
P23
R10
T9
Y1
Words by length
412
523
613
79
81
91
Two-letter starts
AL3
AP2
AR3
LO5
OA1
OR2
PA12
PL2
PO7
PR1
PY1
RA4
RO6
TA4
TO1
TR2
TY2
YA1
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
P … L
Letter pattern
P•••••••L
R × 2, A × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
portrayal
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 8
- allay
- alloy
- ally
- apply
- aptly
- array
- arroyo
- arty
L 5
- loopy
- lorry
- loyal
- loyally
- loyalty
O 3
- oaty
- orally
- oratory
P 23
- paltry
- papally
- papaya
- pappy
- parlay
- parry
- partly
- party
- patly
- patty
- payola
- payroll
- play
- ploy
- polyp
- poorly
- poppy
- portly
- portray
- portrayalPangram
- potty
- pray
- pyro
R 10
- rally
- raptly
- rattly
- ratty
- ropy
- rotary
- rotatory
- royal
- royally
- royalty
T 9
- tally
- tarry
- tartly
- tatty
- totally
- tray
- troy
- typo
- tyro
Y 1
- yappy
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 28/100, compared with 17 available puzzles through this date.
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