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Saturday, October 17, 2026

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ABLNTU M
33Answers
1Pangrams
144Maximum
101Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A6
B3
L3
M15
N2
T2
U2

Words by length

412
57
611
83

Two-letter starts

AL3
AM1
AU2
BA2
BL1
LA2
LL1
MA10
MU5
NU2
TA1
TU1
UM1
UN1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

A … T

Letter pattern

A••••••T

A × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

ambulant

Complete answer list

Reveal full answers — spoiler

A 6

  • album
  • alum
  • alumna
  • ambulantPangram
  • autumn
  • autumnal

B 3

  • balm
  • bantam
  • blam

L 3

  • lama
  • lamb
  • llama

M 15

  • mall
  • malt
  • mama
  • mamba
  • mamma
  • mammal
  • manna
  • manta
  • manual
  • maul
  • mull
  • mutant
  • mutt
  • mutual
  • muumuu

N 2

  • numb
  • numbat

T 2

  • tantalum
  • tumult

U 2

  • umlaut
  • unman

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 67/100, compared with 290 available puzzles through this date.

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