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Thursday, October 22, 2026

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ABCELT H
65Answers
3Pangrams
310Maximum
217Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A5
B10
C11
E2
H19
L7
T11

Words by length

422
520
68
77
84
92
102

Two-letter starts

AC1
AT4
BA4
BE3
BL3
CA5
CH6
EA1
ET1
HA10
HE9
LA3
LE4
TA1
TE6
TH4

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

A … E

Letter pattern

A••••••••E

A × 3, T × 2

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attachable

Pangram 2
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

C … E

Letter pattern

C•••••••E

C × 2, A × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

catchable

Pangram 3
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

T … E

Letter pattern

T•••••••E

E × 2, A × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

teachable

Complete answer list

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A 5

  • ache
  • athlete
  • attach
  • attachablePangram
  • attache

B 10

  • baht
  • batch
  • bath
  • bathe
  • beach
  • beech
  • belch
  • blah
  • bleach
  • blech

C 11

  • cache
  • cachet
  • catch
  • catchablePangram
  • catchall
  • chalet
  • challah
  • chat
  • chattel
  • cheat
  • cheetah

E 2

  • each
  • etch

H 19

  • halal
  • hale
  • hall
  • halt
  • hatch
  • hatchet
  • hate
  • hateable
  • hath
  • hatha
  • heal
  • healable
  • health
  • heat
  • heatable
  • heath
  • heel
  • hell
  • hellcat

L 7

  • latch
  • lath
  • lathe
  • leach
  • lech
  • leech
  • lethal

T 11

  • tach
  • teach
  • teachablePangram
  • tech
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • telehealth
  • that
  • thatch
  • thee
  • theta

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 19/100, compared with 295 available puzzles through this date.

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