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Saturday, October 24, 2026

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P ACILRT

50 words 210 points 1 pangram

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A 7-letter word: a difficult entangling situation

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RATTRAP
A 7-letter word: overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality

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PRIAPIC
A 6-letter word: strike with disgust or revulsion

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APPALL
A 7-letter word: (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century

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PARTITA
A 5-letter word: a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country

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PIPIT
A 7-letter word: (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf

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PAPILLA
A 5-letter word: (-s form) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal…

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CARPI
A 4-letter word: the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus

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TAPA
A 4-letter word: a Native American tent

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TIPI
An 8-letter word: pompous or pretentious talk or writing

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CLAPTRAP
A 5-letter word: large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast…

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TAPIR
A 5-letter word: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

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PLAIT
A 4-letter word: an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are…

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PICA
A 4-letter word: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

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PRAT
An 8-letter word: relating to or being a palace

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PALATIAL
A 7-letter word: a genus of Cichlidae

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TILAPIA
A 6-letter word: any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates

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CARPAL
A 4-letter word: a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

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PAIL
A 6-letter word: a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or…

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ALPACA
A 4-letter word: become less interesting or attractive

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PALL
A 4-letter word: waterproofed canvas

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TARP

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The pangram

A 9-letter pangram starting with P: being actually such in almost every respect

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PRACTICAL

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PRACTICAL

8 letters

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CLAPTRAP
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PALATIAL

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APPARAT
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CAPITAL
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CATALPA
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PALATAL
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PAPILLA
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PARTIAL
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PARTITA
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PICCATA
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PIRATIC
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PITAPAT
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PRIAPIC
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RATTRAP
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TILAPIA

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ALPACA
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APPALL
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CARPAL
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PALAPA
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PILLAR

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APART
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CAPRI
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CARPI
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PAPAL
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PIPIT
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PLAIT
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TAPIR

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CARP
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CLAP
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CLIP
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CRAP
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PACT
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PAIL
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PAIR
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PALL
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PALP
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PAPA
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PART
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PICA
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PILL
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PITA
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PLAT
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PRAT
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RAPT
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TAPA
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TARP
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TIPI
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TRAP
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TRIP

Clues adapted from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. LexaCalc is not affiliated with The New York Times.