Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
B3
E2
I5
M21
N2
T3
U2
Words by length
418
54
69
73
83
91
Two-letter starts
BE1
BI2
EM2
IM4
IT1
ME5
MI13
MU3
NI1
NU1
TE2
TI1
UN2
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
B … N
Letter pattern
B•••••N
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
bitumen
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
B 3
- benumb
- biennium
- bitumenPangram
E 2
- eminent
- emit
I 5
- imbibe
- imbue
- imminent
- immune
- item
M 21
- meet
- meme
- mentee
- menu
- mete
- mien
- mime
- mine
- mini
- minim
- minimum
- mint
- minuet
- minute
- minutemen
- mite
- mitt
- mitten
- mute
- mutt
- muumuu
N 2
- nimbi
- numb
T 3
- teem
- tenement
- time
U 2
- unmet
- unmute
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 63/100, compared with 235 available puzzles through this date.
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