Answers for Daily #13

The starting word was

First moves

16 words are one letter away from SORE.

BORE: verb To inspire boredom in somebody.
CORE: noun The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
FORE: adjective Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
GORE: noun Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
LORE: noun All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
MORE: determiner comparative degree of many: in greater number.

Also: PORE, TORE, WORE, YORE, SERE, SIRE, SURE, SOLE, SOME, SORT

SORE → CORE → CODE → CEDE

Once the words before it are used, nobody can change CEDE: a dead end, worth 3 extra points.

Every Daily hides one golden word a few moves from the start. This one was LANE.

From SORE, 2,140 words can be reached one letter at a time.

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