Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A7
C22
D9
E8
H9
L10
N9
Words by length
416
512
621
714
87
94
Two-letter starts
AC1
AD2
AN4
CA12
CH5
CL5
DA5
DE4
EL2
EN6
HA5
HE4
LA6
LE4
NA4
NE5
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
N × 2, E × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
channeled
Pangram 2
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
D … L
Letter pattern
D•••••••L
A × 2, L × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
dancehall
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 7
- acne
- addend
- addenda
- anal
- annal
- anneal
- annealed
C 22
- cadence
- canal
- cancan
- cancel
- canceled
- cancelled
- candela
- candle
- cane
- caned
- canna
- canned
- chance
- chanced
- chancel
- channel
- channeledPangram
- clan
- clean
- cleaned
- clench
- clenched
D 9
- dance
- danced
- dancehallPangram
- dandle
- dandled
- deaden
- deadened
- dean
- decadence
E 8
- elan
- eland
- ended
- enhance
- enhanced
- enlace
- enlaced
- ennead
H 9
- hand
- handed
- handheld
- handle
- handled
- headland
- hence
- henna
- hennaed
L 10
- laden
- lance
- lanced
- land
- landed
- lane
- leaden
- lean
- leaned
- lend
N 9
- naan
- nacelle
- nada
- nana
- need
- needed
- needle
- needled
- nene
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 20/100, compared with 214 available puzzles through this date.
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