Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A10
B16
D4
F10
L5
O4
R4
Words by length
424
513
69
76
101
Two-letter starts
AB2
AD1
AF3
AL2
AR2
BA8
BL1
BO5
BR2
DO3
DR1
FA4
FL4
FO2
LA2
LO3
OD1
OF2
OR1
RA1
RO3
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
10 letters · 17 points
First and last letters
F … D
Letter pattern
F••••••••D
O × 3, R × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
floorboard
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 10
- aboard
- abroad
- adobo
- afar
- afford
- afro
- alfalfa
- aloof
- arbor
- ardor
B 16
- baba
- bald
- ball
- ballad
- baobab
- barb
- bard
- barf
- blab
- boar
- board
- boba
- bola
- bollard
- brad
- broad
D 4
- dollar
- doodad
- dorado
- drab
F 10
- fall
- falloff
- farad
- farro
- flab
- floorboardPangram
- flora
- floral
- foal
- fora
L 5
- labor
- lard
- load
- loaf
- loofa
O 4
- oddball
- offal
- offload
- oral
R 4
- radar
- road
- roar
- rollbar
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 41/100, compared with 280 available puzzles through this date.
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