Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
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
Reveal full answers — spoiler
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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