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Saturday, October 10, 2026

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AIMORT C
63Answers
1Pangrams
297Maximum
208Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A11
C29
M7
O1
R3
T12

Words by length

417
520
615
76
84
91

Two-letter starts

AC3
AO1
AR3
AT4
CA9
CI4
CO12
CR4
MA2
MI3
MO2
OR1
RI1
RO2
TA5
TO3
TR4

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

A … C

Letter pattern

A••••••C

A × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

aromatic

Complete answer list

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A 11

  • acacia
  • acai
  • actor
  • aortic
  • arco
  • arctic
  • aromaticPangram
  • atomic
  • attic
  • attract
  • attractor

C 29

  • cacao
  • cacti
  • cami
  • camo
  • carat
  • carom
  • carrot
  • cart
  • cataract
  • ciao
  • circa
  • cirri
  • citric
  • coat
  • coati
  • coatroom
  • coca
  • cocci
  • cocoa
  • coir
  • coma
  • comic
  • comma
  • commit
  • coot
  • cram
  • critic
  • croc
  • croci

M 7

  • macro
  • maraca
  • mica
  • micro
  • mimic
  • morocco
  • motorcar

O 1

  • orca

R 3

  • ricotta
  • rococo
  • romcom

T 12

  • tacit
  • taco
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tarmac
  • toccata
  • tomcat
  • toric
  • tract
  • tractor
  • tramcar
  • tricot

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 27/100, compared with 283 available puzzles through this date.

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