Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A14
C13
I2
N3
R11
T15
Y1
Words by length
413
518
616
76
83
92
101
Two-letter starts
AI1
AN1
AR8
AT4
CA7
CI3
CR3
IN1
IR1
NA2
NI1
RA10
RI1
TA7
TI1
TR5
TY2
YA1
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
I … Y
Letter pattern
I•••••••Y
I × 2, C × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
intricacy
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 14
- airy
- antarctic
- arancini
- arcana
- arctic
- aria
- arnica
- arrant
- array
- arty
- atria
- attar
- attract
- attractant
C 13
- cairn
- canary
- carat
- carny
- carry
- cart
- cataract
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- crania
- cranny
- critic
I 2
- intricacyPangram
- irritant
N 3
- narc
- nary
- nitric
R 11
- racy
- rain
- rainy
- raita
- rani
- rant
- rarity
- ratatat
- rattan
- ratty
- ricin
T 15
- tantara
- tantra
- tantric
- tarry
- tart
- tartan
- tartar
- tiara
- tract
- train
- trait
- tray
- trinity
- tyranny
- tyrant
Y 1
- yarn
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 35/100, compared with 116 available puzzles through this date.
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