Answers for Daily #21

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First moves

8 words are one letter away from FANG.

BANG: noun A sudden percussive noise.
GANG: verb To go; walk; proceed.
HANG: verb To be or remain suspended.
PANG: noun A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
RANG: verb simple past of ring
SANG: verb simple past of sing

Also: TANG, FANS

FANG → BANG → BANE → BABE → BABY

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

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

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

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