Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
D17
E5
L19
N9
O3
U3
V3
Words by length
421
59
616
79
83
91
Two-letter starts
DE7
DO6
DU4
EL3
EV2
LE5
LO10
LU4
NE2
NO6
NU1
OL2
OV1
UN3
VE2
VO1
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
U … D
Letter pattern
U•••••••D
E × 2, V × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
unevolved
Pangram 2
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
U … D
Letter pattern
U•••••D
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
unloved
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
D 17
- dell
- delude
- deluded
- delve
- delved
- devolve
- devolved
- dole
- doled
- doll
- dolled
- doodle
- doodled
- duel
- dueled
- dull
- dulled
E 5
- eleven
- elude
- eluded
- evolve
- evolved
L 19
- lede
- lend
- levee
- level
- leveled
- lode
- loll
- lolled
- lone
- loon
- loud
- louden
- loudened
- love
- loved
- lull
- lulled
- lulu
- lune
N 9
- needle
- needled
- nodule
- noel
- noodle
- noodled
- nouvelle
- novel
- null
O 3
- olden
- oleo
- ovule
U 3
- unevolvedPangram
- unlevel
- unlovedPangram
V 3
- veld
- venule
- vole
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 30/100, compared with 44 available puzzles through this date.
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