Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A12
D4
I3
N9
O4
T8
Words by length
413
57
68
72
84
92
103
111
Two-letter starts
AD1
AN9
AT1
AX1
DI3
DO1
IN3
NA6
NO3
ON2
OX2
TA4
TI2
TO2
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
11 letters · 18 points
First and last letters
A … T
Letter pattern
A•••••••••T
A × 2, N × 2, T × 2, I × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
antioxidant
Pangram 2
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
O … T
Letter pattern
O•••••T
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
oxidant
Pangram 3
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
O … N
Letter pattern
O•••••••N
O × 2, I × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
oxidation
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 12
- addition
- anion
- annatto
- annotation
- anoint
- anon
- anoxia
- anti
- antioxidantPangram
- antitoxin
- attain
- axon
D 4
- dino
- dint
- dioxin
- donation
I 3
- initiation
- into
- intonation
N 9
- naan
- nada
- naiad
- nana
- natant
- nation
- noon
- notation
- notion
O 4
- onion
- onto
- oxidantPangram
- oxidationPangram
T 8
- taint
- tannin
- taxation
- taxon
- tint
- titan
- toon
- toxin
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 56/100, compared with 256 available puzzles through this date.
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