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Sunday, October 11, 2026

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ALNOTU B
51Answers
1Pangrams
187Maximum
131Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A3
B37
L1
N3
T4
U3

Words by length

424
512
610
74
81

Two-letter starts

AB3
BA9
BL8
BO13
BU7
LO1
NA2
NO1
TA2
TU2
UN3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

B … L

Letter pattern

B•••••L

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

butanol

Complete answer list

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A 3

  • abbot
  • about
  • abut

B 37

  • baba
  • baboon
  • ball
  • balloon
  • ballot
  • banal
  • banana
  • baobab
  • baton
  • blab
  • blat
  • blatant
  • bloat
  • blob
  • blot
  • blotto
  • blunt
  • boat
  • boba
  • bola
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bolt
  • bonbon
  • bonobo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boon
  • boot
  • bout
  • bubba
  • bulb
  • bull
  • bunt
  • butanolPangram
  • butt
  • button

L 1

  • lobo

N 3

  • nabob
  • nanobot
  • noob

T 4

  • tabla
  • taboo
  • tuba
  • tubal

U 3

  • unban
  • unbolt
  • unbutton

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 42/100, compared with 284 available puzzles through this date.

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