Answer shape
Use the distributions before revealing any words.
Words by first letter
A7
B8
C13
I3
K3
L7
T8
Words by length
411
515
67
76
88
92
Two-letter starts
AB2
AC2
AL1
AT2
BA5
BI1
BL2
CA8
CI2
CL3
IL2
IT1
KI3
LA4
LI3
TA7
TI1
Pangram ladder
Open one clue at a time.
Pangram 1
Length
7 letters · 14 points
First and last letters
B … T
Letter pattern
B•••••T
No repeated letters
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
backlit
Pangram 2
Length
9 letters · 16 points
First and last letters
C … T
Letter pattern
C•••••••T
C × 2, I × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
clickbait
Pangram 3
Length
8 letters · 15 points
First and last letters
T … K
Letter pattern
T••••••K
A × 2
Reveal Pangram — spoiler
tailback
Complete answer list
Reveal full answers — spoiler
A 7
- abaci
- aback
- acacia
- acai
- alack
- attack
- attic
B 8
- bacilli
- back
- backbit
- backlitPangram
- backtalk
- biblical
- black
- blackball
C 13
- cabal
- cabala
- cacti
- call
- calla
- callback
- catcall
- cattail
- ciabatta
- cilia
- clack
- click
- clickbaitPangram
I 3
- iliac
- illicit
- italic
K 3
- kick
- kickback
- kickball
L 7
- lack
- lactic
- laic
- laical
- licit
- lick
- lilac
T 8
- tacit
- tack
- tact
- tactic
- tactical
- tailbackPangram
- talc
- tick
How hard was this puzzle?
This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 41/100, compared with 307 available puzzles through this date.
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