pangram
noun/ˈpæn.ɡɹæm/ · /ˈpæŋ.ɡɹæm/
Etymology From pan- + -gram.
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.1873 March 23, unknown, “Word-Play”, in The Proof-Sheet:
- Like the search for the perfect palindrome, the pursuit of the perfect pangram has obsessed many people.1986, Tony Augarde, The Oxford Guide to Word Games:
1 more example
- Write a Python function to determine whether or not a string is a pangram.2016, Jeeva Jose, Sojan P. Lal, Introduction to Computing & Problem Solving with Python, page 177:
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.2013 November 7, Alan Connor, Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
- I've always wanted to make an anti-pangram pangram puzzle - the NYT would never run something so self-mocking!2021 December 31, Hayley Gold, Letters to Margaret, Lone Shark Games, →ISBN, page 62:
- Derived terms
- pangrammatic
- Related terms
- acrostic, fox message, lipogram, liponym, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog