Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A6
C4
D9
E7
T4
V5
Words by length
48
511
610
73
82
91
Two-letter starts
AC4
AD1
AX1
CA2
CE2
DA3
DE6
EA1
EV2
EX4
TA2
TE2
VA3
VE2
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
E … D
Letter pattern
E•••••••D
E × 2, A × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
excavated
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 6
- accede
- acceded
- aced
- acted
- added
- axed
C 4
- cadet
- caved
- cede
- ceded
D 9
- data
- date
- dated
- dead
- decade
- deed
- deeded
- detect
- detected
E 7
- eaved
- evade
- evaded
- exacted
- excavatedPangram
- exceed
- exceeded
T 4
- tatted
- taxed
- teed
- texted
V 5
- vacated
- vaxed
- vaxxed
- vetted
- vexed
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 67/100, compared with 306 available puzzles through this date.
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