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N A B C I L U Y
Tylogram for August 4, 2026

words: 70
best score: 1,654 pts
pangrams: 2
bingo: yes

A x 8
B x 10
C x 20
I x 3
L x 8
N x 10
U x 10
Y x 1

4L x 15
5L x 17
6L x 18
7L x 5
8L x 5
9L x 4
10L x 3
11L x 1
12L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 2 2 3 - 1 - - - - 8
B 2 3 2 1 1 - 1 - - 10
C 3 5 4 2 3 2 1 - - 20
I - 1 1 - - - - - 1 3
L 2 2 3 1 - - - - - 8
N 4 3 3 - - - - - - 10
U 1 1 2 1 - 2 1 1 1 10
Y 1 - - - - - - - - 1
tot 15 17 18 5 5 4 3 1 2 70

INCALCULABLY, UNBIBLICALLY

word length
ANAL       4      
ANALLY       6      
ANIL       4      
ANNAL       5      
ANNUAL       6      
ANNUALLY       8      
ANNUL       5      
ANNULI       6      
BANAL       5      
BANALLY       7      
BANANA       6      
BANC       4      
BANYAN       6      
BIANNUAL       8      
BIANNUALLY       10      
BLIN       4      
BLINI       5      
BUNNY       5      
CABANA       6      
CABIN       5      
CANAL       5      
CANCAN       6      
CANNA       5      
CANNABIC       8      
CANNIBAL       8      
CANNILY       7      
CANNY       5      
CANY       4      
CLAN       4      
CLINIC       6      
CLINICAL       8      
CLINICALLY       10      
CLINICIAN       9      
CYAN       4      
CYANIC       6      
CYNIC       5      
CYNICAL       7      
CYNICALLY       9      
INCALCULABLY       12       pangram
INCUBI       6      
INLAY       5      
LACUNA       6      
LACUNAL       7      
LAIN       4      
LANAI       5      
LIANA       5      
LUNA       4      
LUNACY       6      
LUNULA       6      
NAAN       4      
NAIL       4      
NANA       4      
NANNY       5      
NIACIN       6      
NINNY       5      
NUBBIN       6      
NUBBLY       6      
NUBBY       5      
NULL       4      
ULNA       4      
UNBALL       6      
UNBAN       5      
UNBIBLICAL       10      
UNBIBLICALLY       12       pangram
UNCANNILY       9      
UNCANNY       7      
UNCYNICAL       9      
UNCYNICALLY       11      
UNNAIL       6       disallowed in earlier puzzles
YUAN       4      

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