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C first and T third covers 44 words, and the vowel between them spreads across four options without a clear leader.
A takes about twenty five percent, O twenty three, U twenty and E fourteen. Four branches within eleven points of each other.
CATCH and CATER sit on the A branch, CITED and CITES on the I branch, and CUTIE covers the U. Each branch holds a small family rather than one word.
CITED and CITES differ only in the last box. CATCH and CATER share three letters and split from there.
COTTA is the one that breaks the mould, doubling its T across the third and fourth boxes while every other entry keeps the two apart.
That makes a second T worth testing early, since it either lands on COTTA or clears it out of the way.
With the branches this level, the useful move is a word that tests two vowels at once through its other boxes rather than one that commits to a single branch.
CATER does that better than most, since its E in the fourth box covers a letter the other branches also use.
No. CHART puts H in the second box and A in the third, with the T last. The T needs to sit two boxes earlier to qualify.
Yes, it repeats the T across the third and fourth boxes. That doubling is rare enough here to be worth testing once the single T shapes fail.
The A branch. CATCH and CATER are both in common use, which is less true of the smaller U and E branches.