Daily word #14 · Friday, 23 October 2026

Answers for Daily #14

The starting word was

First moves

7 words are one letter away from PIPES.

WIPES
noun plural of wipe
POPES
noun plural of pope
PIKES
noun plural of pike
PILES
noun plural of pile
PINES
noun plural of pine
PIPED
verb simple past and past participle of pipe

Also: PIPER

Quickest dead end

PIPES → PINES → PANES → PANEL

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

The golden word

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

From PIPES, 3,301 words can be reached one letter at a time.

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