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Friday, October 16, 2026

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BINPRU G
56Answers
2Pangrams
339Maximum
238Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B12
G12
I3
N2
P11
R10
U6

Words by length

411
53
67
727
85
92
101

Two-letter starts

BI2
BR5
BU5
GI3
GR7
GU2
IN3
NI2
PI6
PR2
PU3
RI5
RU5
UN3
UP2
UR1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

B … G

Letter pattern

B•••••G

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

burping

Pangram 2
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

U … G

Letter pattern

U••••••••G

I × 2, N × 2, G × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

upbringing

Complete answer list

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B 12

  • binging
  • binning
  • bribing
  • brig
  • bring
  • bringing
  • brining
  • bugging
  • bung
  • burg
  • burning
  • burpingPangram

G 12

  • gibing
  • gigging
  • ginning
  • grin
  • grinning
  • grip
  • griping
  • gripping
  • grub
  • grubbing
  • gunning
  • guru

I 3

  • inning
  • inuring
  • inurning

N 2

  • nigiri
  • nipping

P 11

  • pigging
  • ping
  • pinging
  • pining
  • pinning
  • piping
  • prig
  • pruning
  • punning
  • purging
  • purring

R 10

  • ribbing
  • rigging
  • ring
  • ringing
  • ripping
  • rubbing
  • ruing
  • ruining
  • rung
  • running

U 6

  • unpinning
  • unrig
  • unrigging
  • upbringingPangram
  • upping
  • urging

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 35/100, compared with 289 available puzzles through this date.

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