Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A8
C9
D10
I8
L14
R13
Words by length
422
515
68
78
84
92
102
111
Two-letter starts
AC4
AI1
AL2
AR1
CA3
CI1
CL2
CY3
DA3
DI5
DR2
IC1
ID5
IL2
LA7
LI4
LY3
RA10
RI3
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
A … Y
Letter pattern
A•••••Y
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
acridly
Pangram 2
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
R … Y
Letter pattern
R•••••••Y
A × 2, L × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
radically
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 8
- acidly
- acridlyPangram
- acrylic
- acyclic
- airily
- allay
- ally
- aril
C 9
- call
- calla
- carryall
- cilia
- clad
- clay
- cyclic
- cyclical
- cyclically
D 10
- daily
- dally
- daylily
- dial
- diddly
- dill
- dilly
- dillydally
- drill
- dryly
I 8
- icily
- idly
- idyl
- idyll
- idyllic
- idyllically
- iliac
- illy
L 14
- lacy
- lady
- laic
- laical
- laid
- lair
- lard
- liar
- lilac
- lily
- lira
- lyric
- lyrical
- lyrically
R 13
- racial
- racially
- racily
- radial
- radially
- radical
- radicallyPangram
- rail
- railcar
- rally
- rial
- rill
- riyal
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 28/100, compared with 74 available puzzles through this date.
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