Answers for Daily #4
The starting word was
First moves
19 words are one letter away from TOGS.
- BOGS
- noun plural of bog
- COGS
- noun plural of cog
- DOGS
- noun plural of dog
- FOGS
- noun plural of fog
- HOGS
- noun plural of hog
- JOGS
- noun plural of jog
Also: LOGS, TAGS, TUGS, TOES, TOMS, TONS, TOPS, TORS, TOSS, TOTS, TOWS, TOYS, TOGA
Quickest dead end
TOGS → FOGS → FOGY → FOXY
Once the words before it are used, nobody can change FOXY: 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 HODS.
From TOGS, 2,140 words can be reached one letter at a time.
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