Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
C8
D15
E7
H7
L6
N2
U7
Words by length
414
510
615
79
83
101
Two-letter starts
CE1
CL2
CU5
DE7
DU8
ED2
EL2
EN2
EU1
HU7
LU6
NU2
UN7
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
L … D
Letter pattern
L•••••D
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
lunched
Pangram 2
Length
10 letters · 17 points
First and last letters
U … D
Letter pattern
U••••••••D
N × 2, C × 2, E × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
unclenched
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
C 8
- cellule
- clue
- clued
- cuddle
- cuddled
- cued
- cull
- culled
D 15
- deduce
- deduced
- delude
- deluded
- denude
- denuded
- deuce
- dude
- duel
- dueled
- dull
- dulled
- dunce
- dune
- dunned
E 7
- educe
- educed
- elude
- eluded
- endue
- endued
- eunuch
H 7
- huddle
- huddled
- hued
- hull
- hulled
- hunch
- hunched
L 6
- lull
- lulled
- lulu
- lunch
- lunchedPangram
- lune
N 2
- nude
- null
U 7
- unceded
- uncle
- unclench
- unclenchedPangram
- undue
- unheeded
- unneeded
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 43/100, compared with 82 available puzzles through this date.
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