Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A4
C21
E5
H14
I1
P7
T11
Words by length
422
518
610
710
82
91
Two-letter starts
AC1
AP1
AT2
CA5
CH16
EA1
EP2
ET2
HA6
HE6
HI2
IT1
PA3
PE1
PH1
PI2
TA1
TE5
TH4
TI1
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
A … C
Letter pattern
A•••••••C
A × 2, T × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
apathetic
Pangram 2
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
H … C
Letter pattern
H•••••C
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
hepatic
Pangram 3
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
P … C
Letter pattern
P••••••C
T × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
pathetic
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 4
- ache
- apatheticPangram
- attach
- attache
C 21
- cache
- cachet
- capiche
- captcha
- catch
- chai
- chap
- chapati
- chat
- cheap
- cheapie
- cheat
- cheep
- cheetah
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chip
- chit
- chitchat
E 5
- each
- epitaph
- epithet
- etch
- ethic
H 14
- haptic
- hatch
- hatchet
- hate
- hath
- hatha
- heap
- heat
- heath
- hectic
- hepaticPangram
- hepcat
- hippie
- hitch
I 1
- itch
P 7
- patch
- path
- patheticPangram
- peach
- phat
- pitch
- pith
T 11
- tach
- teach
- tech
- techie
- teeth
- teethe
- that
- thatch
- thee
- theta
- tithe
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 18/100, compared with 166 available puzzles through this date.
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