Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A6
C22
D7
L9
O2
R1
T7
Words by length
425
515
65
75
83
91
Two-letter starts
AL4
AO1
AT1
CA7
CL4
CO11
DO5
DR2
LA1
LO8
OC1
OR1
RO1
TA2
TO4
TR1
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
C … D
Letter pattern
C••••••D
A × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
cartload
Pangram 2
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
D … L
Letter pattern
D••••••L
O × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
doctoral
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 6
- allocator
- allot
- altar
- alto
- aortal
- atoll
C 22
- call
- calla
- callaloo
- carload
- carol
- cartloadPangram
- catcall
- clad
- cloaca
- clod
- clot
- coal
- cola
- cold
- collar
- collard
- color
- colt
- cool
- coral
- corolla
- corral
D 7
- doctoralPangram
- doll
- dollar
- dolor
- dolt
- droll
- drool
L 9
- lard
- load
- local
- locator
- loco
- loll
- loot
- lord
- lotto
O 2
- octal
- oral
R 1
- roll
T 7
- talc
- tall
- told
- toll
- tool
- total
- troll
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 37/100, compared with 137 available puzzles through this date.
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