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With a greedy solver (minimize word pool for the next step), I got ARISE (168) -> BLUDY (13) -> COMET (2) -> NAVAL (1) -> CHUNK. I think five steps is as good

With a greedy solver (minimize word pool for the next step), I got ARISE (168) -> BLUDY (13) -> COMET (2) -> NAVAL (1) -> CHUNK. I think five steps is as good as it gets, as 5*5 is about the size of the alphabet. Edit: I stand corrected. YEARN (216) -> FLOUT (12) -> CHAMP (1) -> HUMPH.

mayneack 5y ago
This is a 4 step solution: https://twitter.com/zwegner/status/1480037275803308034 https://twitter.com/zwegner/status/1480037275803308034