Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
D7
E3
G1
I9
M20
P4
Words by length
411
58
611
78
84
92
Two-letter starts
DE4
DI3
EM3
GI1
IM9
ME6
MI14
PE1
PI3
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
I … G
Letter pattern
I••••••G
I × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
impeding
Pangram 2
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
I … G
Letter pattern
I•••••••G
I × 2, N × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
impending
Pangram 3
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
I … D
Letter pattern
I••••••D
I × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
impinged
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
D 7
- deem
- deemed
- deeming
- denim
- dime
- dimmed
- dimming
E 3
- emend
- emended
- emending
G 1
- gimme
I 9
- impede
- impeded
- impedingPangram
- impend
- impended
- impendingPangram
- impinge
- impingedPangram
- impinging
M 20
- meme
- memed
- meming
- mend
- mended
- mending
- midge
- midi
- mien
- mime
- mimed
- miming
- mind
- minded
- minding
- mine
- mined
- mini
- minim
- mining
P 4
- penmen
- pimp
- pimped
- pimping
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 48/100, compared with 209 available puzzles through this date.
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