Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A5
B21
D11
L14
O4
R5
Words by length
419
518
612
77
84
Two-letter starts
AB1
AD1
AL3
BA8
BL6
BO6
BR1
DA1
DO4
DR6
LA3
LO11
OD2
OR2
RA1
RO4
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
A … Y
Letter pattern
A••••••Y
A × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
adorably
Pangram 2
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
B … Y
Letter pattern
B•••••Y
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
broadly
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 5
- ably
- adorablyPangram
- allay
- alloy
- ally
B 21
- badly
- bald
- baldly
- ball
- ballad
- balladry
- ballboy
- ballyard
- blab
- blabby
- blob
- blobby
- blood
- bloody
- bola
- bold
- boldly
- boll
- bollard
- bolo
- broadlyPangram
D 11
- dally
- doll
- dollar
- dolly
- dolor
- drably
- droll
- drolly
- drool
- drooly
- dryly
L 14
- labor
- lady
- lard
- load
- lobby
- loblolly
- lobo
- loll
- lord
- lordly
- lordy
- lorry
- loyal
- loyally
O 4
- oddball
- oddly
- oral
- orally
R 5
- rally
- roll
- rollbar
- royal
- royally
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 25/100, compared with 243 available puzzles through this date.
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