Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A12
D8
I3
L13
N7
O3
R17
Words by length
430
517
69
74
83
Two-letter starts
AD1
AI1
AN6
AR4
DA1
DI2
DO4
DR1
IN3
LA8
LI2
LL1
LO2
NA6
NO1
OR3
RA13
RI1
RO3
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
D … L
Letter pattern
D••••••L
O × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
doornail
Pangram 2
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
O … L
Letter pattern
O•••••L
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
ordinal
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 12
- adorn
- aioli
- anal
- andiron
- android
- anion
- annal
- anon
- ardor
- aria
- arid
- aril
D 8
- darn
- dial
- dinar
- dollar
- doodad
- doornailPangram
- dorado
- drain
I 3
- inlaid
- inland
- inroad
L 13
- laid
- lain
- lair
- lanai
- land
- landlord
- lanolin
- lard
- liar
- lira
- llano
- load
- loan
N 7
- naan
- nada
- nadir
- naiad
- nail
- nana
- nodal
O 3
- oral
- ordain
- ordinalPangram
R 17
- radar
- radial
- radian
- radii
- radio
- radon
- raid
- rail
- railroad
- rain
- rand
- rando
- rani
- rial
- road
- roan
- roar
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 21/100, compared with 184 available puzzles through this date.
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