Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A9
B18
C13
D4
K1
O2
R4
Words by length
421
515
66
72
83
93
111
Two-letter starts
AB4
AC1
AD1
AR3
BA12
BO4
BR2
CA5
CO5
CR3
DA1
DO2
DR1
KA1
OK1
OR1
RA2
RO2
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
B … D
Letter pattern
B•••••••D
B × 2, A × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
backboard
Pangram 2
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
B … R
Letter pattern
B••••••R
O × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
backdoor
Pangram 3
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
C … D
Letter pattern
C•••••••D
O × 2, R × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
corkboard
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 9
- aback
- aboard
- abracadabra
- abroad
- accord
- adobo
- arbor
- arco
- ardor
B 18
- baba
- babka
- back
- backboardPangram
- backdoorPangram
- baobab
- barb
- barback
- barbacoa
- bard
- bark
- barrack
- boar
- board
- boba
- bookrack
- brad
- broad
C 13
- cacao
- carb
- card
- cardboard
- carob
- cobra
- coca
- cocoa
- coda
- corkboardPangram
- crab
- crack
- croak
D 4
- dark
- doodad
- dorado
- drab
K 1
- kabob
O 2
- okra
- orca
R 4
- rack
- radar
- road
- roar
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 38/100, compared with 140 available puzzles through this date.
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