Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
C8
D10
E2
I7
L2
N2
P8
Words by length
48
57
68
76
85
91
103
121
Two-letter starts
CE5
CL3
DE8
DI2
EP2
IC2
IN5
LE1
LI1
NI2
PE5
PI3
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
P … D
Letter pattern
P••••••D
E × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
penciled
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
C 8
- cede
- ceded
- cell
- celled
- celli
- clinic
- clip
- clipped
D 10
- decide
- decided
- decline
- declined
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- dependence
- dice
- diced
E 2
- epic
- epicene
I 7
- iced
- icicle
- incidence
- incipience
- incline
- inclined
- independence
L 2
- lenience
- lice
N 2
- nice
- niece
P 8
- pellicle
- pence
- pencil
- penciledPangram
- penicillin
- picnic
- piece
- pieced
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 64/100, compared with 71 available puzzles through this date.
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