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Leetcode 1974. Minimum Time to Type Word Using Special Typewriter
Compute the minimum seconds to type a given word on a circular typewriter (letters 'a'–'z') with the pointer starting at 'a', where moving one step clockwise or counterclockwise costs 1 second and typing a character costs 1 second; the key is summing the shortest rotational distance between consecutive characters plus one per character.
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Late October, 2025
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JP Morgan Chase
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If you have a ring of English characters going from A-Z, what's the cost of creating a given word? Example going from B->Z only costs two rotations.
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