Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
C4
E5
G9
I5
L6
N9
Words by length
47
57
67
78
85
92
102
Two-letter starts
CE1
CL3
EG1
EN1
EX3
GE4
GI4
GL1
IC1
IN4
LE2
LI4
NE3
NI6
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
E … G
Letter pattern
E•••••••G
E × 2, L × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
excelling
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
C 4
- ceiling
- cling
- clinging
- clinic
E 5
- egging
- engine
- excellence
- excellingPangram
- exiling
G 9
- gelling
- gene
- genie
- genii
- gigging
- giggling
- gilling
- ginning
- glen
I 5
- icing
- incline
- inclining
- innie
- inning
L 6
- legging
- lenience
- lien
- line
- linen
- lining
N 9
- negligee
- negligence
- nene
- nice
- niece
- niggle
- niggling
- nine
- nixing
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 66/100, compared with 75 available puzzles through this date.
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