Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A5
C4
D9
E1
K5
N3
P35
Words by length
419
512
618
76
84
103
Two-letter starts
AP5
CA4
DA1
DE8
EP1
KA1
KE1
KN3
NA2
NE1
PA15
PE20
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
10 letters · 17 points
First and last letters
K … D
Letter pattern
K••••••••D
E × 3, P × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
kneecapped
Pangram 2
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
P … D
Letter pattern
P••••••D
A × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
pancaked
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 5
- apace
- aped
- apnea
- append
- appended
C 4
- canape
- cape
- caped
- capped
D 9
- dapped
- deadpan
- deadpanned
- deep
- deepen
- deepened
- depend
- depended
- dependence
E 1
- epee
K 5
- kappa
- keep
- kneecap
- kneecappedPangram
- kneepad
N 3
- nape
- napped
- neap
P 35
- pace
- paced
- pack
- packed
- padded
- paean
- panacea
- pancake
- pancakedPangram
- panda
- pandan
- pane
- paned
- panned
- papa
- peace
- peak
- peaked
- pecan
- peck
- pecked
- peed
- peek
- peeked
- peen
- peep
- peeped
- peke
- penance
- pence
- pend
- pended
- penne
- penned
- pepped
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 26/100, compared with 273 available puzzles through this date.
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