Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
D6
G16
I6
N4
O2
R12
W9
Words by length
415
511
68
712
88
101
Two-letter starts
DO2
DR4
GI2
GO3
GR11
IG1
IN2
IR3
NI1
NO3
OD1
OR1
RI9
RO3
WI1
WO3
WR5
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
D … G
Letter pattern
D••••••G
N × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
drowning
Pangram 2
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
W … G
Letter pattern
W•••••G
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
wording
Pangram 3
Length
10 letters · 17 points
First and last letters
W … G
Letter pattern
W••••••••G
O × 2, N × 2, G × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
wrongdoing
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
D 6
- donor
- door
- droid
- droning
- drown
- drowningPangram
G 16
- gird
- girding
- gorging
- gorgon
- goring
- grid
- gridiron
- grin
- grind
- grinding
- grinning
- grog
- groin
- grow
- growing
- grown
I 6
- ignoring
- indoor
- ingrown
- iron
- ironing
- ironwood
N 4
- nigiri
- noir
- nonword
- nori
O 2
- odor
- origin
R 12
- ridding
- ridging
- riding
- rigging
- rigid
- rigor
- rind
- ring
- ringing
- rondo
- rood
- rowing
W 9
- wiring
- word
- wordingPangram
- worn
- wring
- wringing
- wrong
- wrongdoingPangram
- wronging
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 34/100, compared with 171 available puzzles through this date.
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