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Sunday, October 4, 2026

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HINOPW G
51Answers
2Pangrams
304Maximum
213Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

G9
H7
I1
N3
O4
P13
W14

Words by length

410
52
611
722
84
92

Two-letter starts

GI2
GO7
HI2
HO5
IN1
NI2
NO1
ON1
OP1
OW2
PH1
PI7
PO5
WH5
WI7
WO2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

W … G

Letter pattern

W••••••G

O × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

whooping

Pangram 2
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

W … G

Letter pattern

W••••••G

P × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

whopping

Complete answer list

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G 9

  • gigging
  • ginning
  • going
  • gong
  • gonging
  • goon
  • goop
  • gown
  • gowning

H 7

  • high
  • hinging
  • hogging
  • honing
  • hooping
  • hoping
  • hopping

I 1

  • inning

N 3

  • nigh
  • nipping
  • noggin

O 4

  • ongoing
  • opining
  • owing
  • owning

P 13

  • phoning
  • pigging
  • ping
  • pinging
  • pining
  • pinioning
  • pinning
  • piping
  • pogo
  • pogoing
  • pong
  • pooping
  • popping

W 14

  • whinging
  • whining
  • whipping
  • whoopingPangram
  • whoppingPangram
  • wigging
  • wing
  • winging
  • wining
  • winning
  • winnowing
  • wiping
  • wooing
  • wowing

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 39/100, compared with 277 available puzzles through this date.

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