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Grow #10 — the solution

The tree from October 10, 2026: five rows, three letters to seven, each row the one before plus one letter — a Gentle day.

The words

RowLettersThe word, and what else the row accepts
1E D NEND
also DEN, NED
2+ODONE
also DOEN, NODE
3+TNOTED
also TONED
4+ADONATE
also ATONED
5+DDONATED
also NODATED

Row by row

Any real word of a row’s letters counts, so the word in bold is only the one the Hint spells — the commonest. Each step below is read from that word to the next.

  1. END. The three letters were dealt as E, D, N. DEN and NED are accepted too.
  2. DONE. Add O: the letters of END have to move. DOEN and NODE are accepted too.
  3. NOTED. Add T: the letters of DONE have to move. TONED is accepted too.
  4. DONATE. Add A: the letters of NOTED have to move. ATONED is accepted too.
  5. DONATED. Add D: D goes on the end of DONATE. NODATED is accepted too.

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About Grow

Grow is Noggin’s word tree, on the second shelf: three letters to seven, one letter and a new word every row, outside the daily line-up. How to play Grow, or play today’s.