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Sunday, October 18, 2026

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DEJNOT I
59Answers
1Pangrams
300Maximum
210Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

D16
E6
I16
J6
N4
O1
T10

Words by length

415
512
620
74
84
93
111

Two-letter starts

DE4
DI10
DJ2
ED4
EN2
ID1
IN13
IO2
JI2
JO4
NI3
NO1
ON1
TI9
TO1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

J … D

Letter pattern

J•••••D

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

jointed

Complete answer list

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D 16

  • denied
  • dentin
  • dentition
  • detention
  • died
  • diet
  • dieted
  • dine
  • dined
  • dinette
  • dino
  • dint
  • diode
  • ditto
  • djinn
  • djinni

E 6

  • eddied
  • edit
  • edited
  • edition
  • enjoin
  • enjoined

I 16

  • idiot
  • indeed
  • indent
  • indented
  • indie
  • innie
  • intend
  • intended
  • intent
  • intention
  • intentioned
  • into
  • intone
  • intoned
  • iodide
  • iodine

J 6

  • jinn
  • jinni
  • join
  • joined
  • joint
  • jointedPangram

N 4

  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
  • notion

O 1

  • onion

T 10

  • tide
  • tided
  • tidied
  • tied
  • tine
  • tined
  • tinned
  • tint
  • tinted
  • toonie

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 35/100, compared with 291 available puzzles through this date.

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