Grow #16 — the solution
The tree from October 16, 2026: five rows, three letters to seven, each row the one before plus one letter — a Gentle day.
The words
| Row | Letters | The word, and what else the row accepts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | E W S | SEW |
| 2 | +T | WEST also EWTS, STEW, TEWS, WETS |
| 3 | +E | SWEET also EWEST, WEEST, WEETS |
| 4 | +N | NEWEST also TWEENS |
| 5 | +R | WESTERN |
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.
- SEW. The three letters were dealt as E, W, S. No other word fits.
- WEST. Add T: the letters of SEW have to move. EWTS, STEW, TEWS and WETS are accepted too.
- SWEET. Add E: the letters of WEST have to move. EWEST, WEEST and WEETS are accepted too.
- NEWEST. Add N: the letters of SWEET have to move. TWEENS is accepted too.
- WESTERN. Add R: the letters of NEWEST have to move. No other word fits.
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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.