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Z A I L N O R T
Tylogram for May 26, 2026

words: 30
best score: 1,549 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

A x 2
I x 3
L x 3
N x 2
O x 2
R x 4
T x 7
Z x 7

4L x 9
5L x 2
6L x 1
7L x 2
8L x 1
10L x 2
11L x 2
12L x 4
13L x 1
14L x 1
15L x 2
19L x 2
23L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 23 tot
A - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 2
I - - - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 3
L 1 - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - 3
N - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2
O 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 2
R 2 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - 4
T 1 - - 1 1 - - 2 1 - - 1 - 7
Z 4 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 7
tot 9 2 1 2 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 30

ANTITOTALITARIANIZATION, INTRAZONAL, ORALIZATION, RATIONALIZATION, TOTALITARIANIZATION, TRIZONAL

word length
ANTINATIONALIZATION       19      
ANTITOTALITARIANIZATION       23       pangram
INITIALIZATION       14      
INTRAZONAL       10       pangram
IONIZATION       10      
LATINIZATION       12      
LIONIZATION       11      
LOLZ       4       disallowed in earlier puzzles
NATIONALIZATION       15      
NOTARIZATION       12      
ORALIZATION       11       pangram
ORZO       4      
RATIONALIZATION       15       pangram
RAZOR       5      
RAZZ       4      
RITZ       4      
TANTALIZATION       13      
TONALIZATION       12      
TOTALITARIANIZATION       19       pangram
TOTALIZATION       12      
TRIZONAL       8       perfect pangram
TZAR       4      
TZARINA       7      
ZAZZ       4      
ZILLION       7      
ZINNIA       6      
ZITI       4      
ZONAL       5      
ZOOT       4      
ZORI       4      

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