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Monday, October 19, 2026

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EGILNW H
31Answers
1Pangrams
153Maximum
108Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

G1
H12
N3
W15

Words by length

410
57
63
76
84
91

Two-letter starts

GH1
HE7
HI5
NE2
NI1
WE2
WH13

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

W … G

Letter pattern

W••••••G

E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

wheeling

Complete answer list

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G 1

  • ghee

H 12

  • heel
  • heeling
  • heinie
  • hell
  • henge
  • hewing
  • hewn
  • high
  • hill
  • hilling
  • hinge
  • hinging

N 3

  • neigh
  • neighing
  • nigh

W 15

  • weigh
  • weighing
  • whee
  • wheel
  • wheelie
  • wheelingPangram
  • when
  • whew
  • while
  • whiling
  • whine
  • whinge
  • whingeing
  • whinging
  • whining

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 76/100, compared with 292 available puzzles through this date.

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