Answers for Daily #22

First moves

17 words are one letter away from BOOS.

COOS

verb third-person singular simple present indicative of coo

MOOS

noun plural of moo

WOOS

verb third-person singular simple present indicative of woo

ZOOS

noun plural of zoo

BOAS

noun plural of boa

BOBS

noun plural of bob

Also: BOGS, BOPS, BOSS, BOTS, BOWS, BOYS, BOOK, BOOM, BOON, BOOR, BOOT

Quickest dead end

BOOS → BOBS → HOBS → HOBO

Once the words before it are used, nobody can change HOBO: 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 BOWL.