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Grow #34 — the solution

The tree from November 3, 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
1A T NTAN
also ANT, NAT
2+ENEAT
also ANTE, ETNA, TANE
3+EEATEN
also ENATE
4+SSENATE
also ENATES, ENSATE, SATEEN, STEANE
5+REASTERN
also EARNEST, NEAREST, RATEENS

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. TAN. The three letters were dealt as A, T, N. ANT and NAT are accepted too.
  2. NEAT. Add E: the letters of TAN have to move. ANTE, ETNA and TANE are accepted too.
  3. EATEN. Add E: the letters of NEAT have to move. ENATE is accepted too.
  4. SENATE. Add S: the letters of EATEN have to move. ENATES, ENSATE, SATEEN and STEANE are accepted too.
  5. EASTERN. Add R: the letters of SENATE have to move. EARNEST, NEAREST and RATEENS are 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.