Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
D13
E2
F45
I4
L4
N2
U8
Words by length
420
511
621
714
87
93
101
111
Two-letter starts
DE10
DU3
ED1
EL1
FE11
FI16
FL7
FU11
IN4
LI2
LU2
NE1
NU1
UN8
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
N … D
Letter pattern
N•••••••D
L × 2, I × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
nullified
Pangram 2
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
U … D
Letter pattern
U•••••D
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
unfiled
Pangram 3
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
U … D
Letter pattern
U••••••D
L × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
unfilled
Pangram 4
Length
11 letters · 18 points
First and last letters
U … D
Letter pattern
U•••••••••D
U × 2, F × 2, L × 3
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
unfulfilled
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
D 13
- defend
- defended
- defied
- defile
- defiled
- define
- defined
- defund
- defunded
- deified
- duff
- duffel
- duffle
E 2
- edified
- elfin
F 45
- feed
- feel
- felid
- feline
- fell
- felled
- fend
- fended
- fennel
- feud
- feuded
- fiddle
- fiddled
- fief
- field
- fielded
- fiend
- fife
- fifed
- file
- filed
- fill
- filled
- find
- fine
- fined
- finned
- fled
- flee
- flied
- flue
- fluff
- fluffed
- fluid
- fuddle
- fuddled
- fuel
- fueled
- fulfill
- fulfilled
- full
- fund
- funded
- funnel
- funneled
I 4
- infidel
- infield
- infill
- infilled
L 4
- life
- lifeline
- luff
- luffed
N 2
- needful
- nullifiedPangram
U 8
- undefended
- undefined
- unfed
- unfiledPangram
- unfilledPangram
- unfulfilledPangram
- unfunded
- unified
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 18/100, compared with 270 available puzzles through this date.
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