Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
E7
G3
I4
L6
N5
T7
Y5
Words by length
48
511
610
72
81
93
111
131
Two-letter starts
EE1
EG1
EL1
EN1
EY3
GE2
GI1
IL1
IN2
IT1
LE3
LI2
LY1
NE2
NI3
TE2
TI4
TY1
YE5
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
G … Y
Letter pattern
G•••••••Y
T × 2, I × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
gentility
Pangram 2
Length
13 letters · 20 points
First and last letters
I … Y
Letter pattern
I•••••••••••Y
I × 2, N × 2, T × 2, E × 2, L × 3
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
intelligently
Pangram 3
Length
11 letters · 18 points
First and last letters
N … Y
Letter pattern
N•••••••••Y
N × 2, E × 2, G × 2, L × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
negligently
Pangram 4
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
T … Y
Letter pattern
T•••••••Y
L × 3
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
tellingly
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
E 7
- eely
- eggy
- elegy
- entity
- eyeing
- eyelet
- eying
G 3
- gentilityPangram
- gently
- giggly
I 4
- illy
- intelligentlyPangram
- intently
- itty
L 6
- leggy
- leniently
- lenity
- lily
- linty
- lying
N 5
- negligentlyPangram
- netty
- niggly
- ninety
- ninny
T 7
- teeny
- tellinglyPangram
- tingly
- tinily
- tinny
- tiny
- tying
Y 5
- yell
- yelling
- yenning
- yente
- yeti
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 57/100, compared with 282 available puzzles through this date.
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