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Saturday, September 26, 2026

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CHIMRU O
30Answers
1Pangrams
140Maximum
98Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

C12
H4
I1
M7
O2
R4

Words by length

47
515
66
71
81

Two-letter starts

CH3
CO5
CR3
CU1
HO3
HU1
IC1
MI2
MO4
MU1
OC1
OU1
RO3
RU1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

C … M

Letter pattern

C••••••M

M × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

chromium

Complete answer list

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C 12

  • choir
  • chromiumPangram
  • churro
  • cocci
  • coho
  • coir
  • comic
  • couch
  • croc
  • croci
  • crouch
  • curio

H 4

  • hooch
  • horror
  • hour
  • humor

I 1

  • ichor

M 7

  • micro
  • mirror
  • mochi
  • mooch
  • moor
  • morocco
  • mucho

O 2

  • occur
  • ouch

R 4

  • rococo
  • romcom
  • room
  • rumor

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 67/100, compared with 269 available puzzles through this date.

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