Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
B3
C27
N2
O1
T5
Words by length
410
57
613
75
81
91
121
Two-letter starts
BA2
BO1
CA12
CO15
NO2
OC1
TA2
TO3
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
C … T
Letter pattern
C•••••••T
A × 2, T × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
combatant
Pangram 2
Length
12 letters · 19 points
First and last letters
N … T
Letter pattern
N••••••••••T
N × 3, O × 2, A × 2, T × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
noncombatant
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
B 3
- bacon
- banc
- bobcat
C 27
- cabana
- cacao
- camo
- cancan
- canna
- cannon
- cannot
- canon
- cant
- cantata
- canton
- catacomb
- coat
- coca
- cocoa
- cocoon
- coma
- comb
- combat
- combatantPangram
- combo
- comma
- common
- concoct
- contact
- coot
- cotton
N 2
- noncom
- noncombatantPangram
O 1
- octant
T 5
- taco
- tact
- tobacco
- toccata
- tomcat
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 64/100, compared with 132 available puzzles through this date.
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