Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
B5
C36
D6
E2
L1
O2
Words by length
415
512
611
711
82
91
Two-letter starts
BE2
BL1
BO2
CE7
CL7
CO15
CU7
DE6
ED2
LO1
OC2
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
B … D
Letter pattern
B•••••D
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
becloud
Pangram 2
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
B … D
Letter pattern
B•••••••D
E × 2, D × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
beclouded
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
B 5
- becloudPangram
- becloudedPangram
- bloc
- bocce
- boucle
C 36
- cede
- ceded
- celeb
- cell
- celled
- cello
- cellule
- clod
- cloud
- clouded
- club
- clubbed
- clue
- clued
- cobble
- cobbled
- coddle
- coddled
- code
- coded
- coed
- cold
- collude
- colluded
- cooed
- cool
- cooled
- could
- coulee
- cube
- cubed
- cuddle
- cuddled
- cued
- cull
- culled
D 6
- deco
- decode
- decoded
- deduce
- deduced
- deuce
E 2
- educe
- educed
L 1
- loco
O 2
- occlude
- occluded
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 38/100, compared with 228 available puzzles through this date.
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