So I totally tried to yolo it on go 2 knowing both my siblings got the answer in 3 (minor spoiler: reckoned they’d go silly on go 2 leading to silky)

EDIT: Well my logic was based on flawed premises… today’s starting word was supposed to be guide!! Whoops. Fortunately it gave the same amount of info so no real benefit or detriment.

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Full spoiler below

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