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Thursday, October 1, 2026

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DEMNOY H
23Answers
1Pangrams
116Maximum
82Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

H22
Y1

Words by length

47
56
65
72
81
91
111

Two-letter starts

HE4
HO16
HY2
YO1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

11 letters · 18 points

First and last letters

H … D

Letter pattern

H•••••••••D

O × 3, N × 2, E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

honeymooned

Complete answer list

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H 22

  • heed
  • heeded
  • heme
  • hemmed
  • hoed
  • home
  • homed
  • homey
  • homonym
  • homonymy
  • hone
  • honed
  • honey
  • honeyed
  • honeymoon
  • honeymoonedPangram
  • hood
  • hooded
  • hoodoo
  • hooey
  • hymen
  • hymn

Y 1

  • yoohoo

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Very hard at 85/100, compared with 274 available puzzles through this date.

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