pangram

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpæn.ɡɹæm/
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/ˈpæn.ɡɹæm/ · /ˈpæŋ.ɡɹæm/

Definition of pangram

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet.
    “Higher in the scale range the Cadmean curiosities of the Pangram, Lipogram, and Anagram. The first of these must contain the entire alphabet, and claims the twenty-first verse of the seventh chapter of the Prophet Ezra as its most noted example.”
    “Like the search for the perfect palindrome, the pursuit of the perfect pangram has obsessed many people.”
    “Write a Python function to determine whether or not a string is a pangram.”
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noun

  1. A sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet.
    “Higher in the scale range the Cadmean curiosities of the Pangram, Lipogram, and Anagram. The first of these must contain the entire alphabet, and claims the twenty-first verse of the seventh chapter of the Prophet Ezra as its most noted example.”
    “Like the search for the perfect palindrome, the pursuit of the perfect pangram has obsessed many people.”
    “Write a Python function to determine whether or not a string is a pangram.”
  2. A crossword puzzle in which every letter appears in the completed grid.
    “A pangram (or, as some manage, the triple pangram, with at least three of every letter) restricts the options, directing the setter away from habits and repetition and towards a fresher puzzle.”
    “I've always wanted to make an anti-pangram pangram puzzle - the NYT would never run something so self-mocking!”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From pan- + -gram.

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to pangram to make another valid word.

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