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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