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Monday, September 28, 2026

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CDNORU T
45Answers
2Pangrams
198Maximum
139Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

C13
D3
N1
O6
R6
T14
U2

Words by length

419
59
66
79
91
121

Two-letter starts

CO10
CR1
CU2
DO2
DU1
NO1
ON1
OR1
OU4
RO4
RU2
TO7
TR3
TU4
UN2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

C … R

Letter pattern

C•••••••R

C × 2, O × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

conductor

Pangram 2
Length

12 letters · 19 points

First and last letters

N … R

Letter pattern

N••••••••••R

N × 3, O × 3, C × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

nonconductor

Complete answer list

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C 13

  • coconut
  • concoct
  • conduct
  • conductorPangram
  • contort
  • contour
  • coot
  • cotton
  • count
  • court
  • crouton
  • curt
  • cutout

D 3

  • doctor
  • donut
  • duct

N 1

  • nonconductorPangram

O 6

  • onto
  • orotund
  • outdo
  • outdoor
  • outro
  • outrun

R 6

  • root
  • rotor
  • rotund
  • rout
  • runout
  • runt

T 14

  • toon
  • toot
  • torn
  • toro
  • tort
  • tour
  • tout
  • trod
  • trot
  • trout
  • turn
  • turnout
  • tutor
  • tutu

U 2

  • uncut
  • unto

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 49/100, compared with 271 available puzzles through this date.

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