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Grow #37 — the solution

The tree from November 6, 2026: five rows, three letters to seven, each row the one before plus one letter — a Mean day.

The words

RowLettersThe word, and what else the row accepts
1A S GGAS
also AGS, SAG
2+LGALS
also LAGS, SLAG
3+NSLANG
also GLANS
4+ISIGNAL
also ALGINS, ALIGNS, LASING, LIANGS, LIGANS, LINGAS
5+TLASTING
also ANGLIST, SALTING, SLATING, STALING

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. GAS. The three letters were dealt as A, S, G. AGS and SAG are accepted too.
  2. GALS. Add L: L slots into GAS, between A and S. LAGS and SLAG are accepted too.
  3. SLANG. Add N: the letters of GALS have to move. GLANS is accepted too.
  4. SIGNAL. Add I: the letters of SLANG have to move. ALGINS, ALIGNS, LASING, LIANGS, LIGANS and LINGAS are accepted too.
  5. LASTING. Add T: the letters of SIGNAL have to move. ANGLIST, SALTING, SLATING and STALING 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.