Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
C7
D7
F15
O3
U8
Words by length
49
54
613
72
87
92
103
Two-letter starts
CO5
CU2
DE4
DO2
DU1
FE8
FO5
FU2
OF3
UN8
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
C … D
Letter pattern
C•••••••D
O × 2, D × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
cofounded
Pangram 2
Length
10 letters · 17 points
First and last letters
C … D
Letter pattern
C••••••••D
O × 2, N × 2, D × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
confounded
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
C 7
- coffee
- cofound
- cofoundedPangram
- confound
- confoundedPangram
- cuff
- cuffed
D 7
- defend
- defended
- defund
- defunded
- doff
- doffed
- duff
F 15
- fecund
- feed
- fence
- fenced
- fend
- fended
- feud
- feuded
- fond
- fondue
- food
- found
- founded
- fund
- funded
O 3
- offed
- offend
- offended
U 8
- uncuff
- uncuffed
- undefended
- unfed
- unfenced
- unfounded
- unfunded
- unoffended
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 55/100, compared with 204 available puzzles through this date.
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