Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
D14
E3
L8
O8
P19
T8
U2
Words by length
418
513
620
78
81
92
Two-letter starts
DE4
DU10
EL2
ET1
LE1
LO3
LU4
OU8
PO5
PU14
TO3
TU5
UP2
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
O … D
Letter pattern
O•••••••D
O × 2, L × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
outpolled
Pangram 2
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
P … D
Letter pattern
P••••••D
L × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
polluted
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
D 14
- delude
- deluded
- depute
- deputed
- dude
- duel
- dueled
- duet
- duetted
- dull
- dulled
- dupe
- duped
- duple
E 3
- elude
- eluded
- etude
L 8
- letup
- loud
- loupe
- lout
- lull
- lulled
- lulu
- lute
O 8
- outdo
- outduel
- outdueled
- outed
- outlet
- outpoll
- outpolledPangram
- output
P 19
- pollute
- pollutedPangram
- poult
- pout
- pouted
- puddle
- puddled
- pule
- puled
- pull
- pulled
- pullet
- pullout
- pulp
- pulped
- puppet
- putout
- putt
- putted
T 8
- toupee
- tout
- touted
- tulle
- tupelo
- tutee
- tutted
- tutu
U 2
- updo
- upped
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 24/100, compared with 139 available puzzles through this date.
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