Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A3
C1
D4
E4
H4
M30
T10
Words by length
422
513
612
76
83
Two-letter starts
AC2
AH1
CA1
DA2
DE2
ED2
EM2
HA2
HE2
MA18
ME12
TA2
TE5
TH3
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
M … D
Letter pattern
M•••••D
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
matched
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 3
- academe
- acme
- ahem
C 1
- came
D 4
- dame
- dammed
- deem
- deemed
E 4
- edamame
- edema
- emcee
- emceed
H 4
- hamate
- hammed
- heme
- hemmed
M 30
- macadam
- mace
- maced
- machete
- madam
- madame
- made
- mahatma
- mama
- mamma
- match
- matcha
- matchedPangram
- mate
- mated
- math
- matte
- matted
- mead
- meat
- meathead
- mecca
- meet
- meme
- memed
- meta
- metadata
- mete
- meted
- meth
T 10
- tame
- tamed
- team
- teamed
- teammate
- teem
- teemed
- them
- theme
- themed
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 37/100, compared with 79 available puzzles through this date.
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