Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A15
C20
D14
E1
I4
N7
Words by length
414
516
616
712
81
92
Two-letter starts
AC9
AD4
AI2
CA17
CI1
CY2
DA4
DE9
DY1
EN1
ID1
IN3
NA6
NI1
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
C … E
Letter pattern
C•••••E
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
cyanide
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 15
- acacia
- acai
- accede
- acceded
- aced
- acid
- acidic
- acidy
- acne
- added
- addend
- addenda
- adenine
- aide
- aided
C 20
- caddie
- caddied
- caddy
- cadence
- cancan
- candid
- candidacy
- candied
- candy
- cane
- caned
- canid
- canine
- canna
- canned
- canny
- cayenne
- cicada
- cyan
- cyanidePangram
D 14
- daddy
- dance
- danced
- dandy
- dead
- deaden
- deadened
- deadeye
- dean
- decade
- decadence
- decay
- decayed
- dyad
E 1
- ennead
I 4
- idea
- inane
- indica
- indicia
N 7
- naan
- nada
- naiad
- nana
- nannied
- nanny
- niacin
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 31/100, compared with 143 available puzzles through this date.
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