Two mystical trees

Question

Behold, the mystical Tree of B:

Notice that every path from trunk to canopy forms a word. You should see 16 words (from left to right: BLOOM, BLOOD, BLOWN, BLOWS, BLAND, BLANK, BLASÉ, BLAST, BROOK, BROOM, BROWN, BROWS, BRAID, BRAIN, BRASH, BRASS).

Once upon a time, the Tree of B had a sister tree, the Tree of C. Tragically, the Tree of C was chopped down by a horde of hideous hobgoblins. Here are her remains:

Legend has it that whoever reassembles the Tree of C will be blessed with untold riches.

Text version:

The stump shows the letter C
The piled wood shows the following letters:
A, A, A, D, E, E, E, E, E, E, H, H, K, K, K, K, M, M, M, N, R, R, R, S, S, S, S, S, T, T

I'm confused, not sure how half of the tags here apply or what else we might be supposed to do? — Lukas Rotter, Jul 25 '22 at 17:21
@LukasRotter — It looks like you knew what to do! I was unsure how to tag this puzzle. It is certainly a wordplay jigsaw puzzle. It is also a binary tree, but there are no tags for "binary tree". However, a tree is a type of graph, and a graph is geometrical in some people's minds. And, the puzzle involves a certain amount of topology because you need to connect things together in the right way! — SlowMagic, Jul 25 '22 at 17:39
A tree of D: drona drony drool droop dried drier drink drinn donum donut donee doney dorab doria dorts dorty — A username, Jul 26 '22 at 10:06

Lukas Rotter · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-25T17:55:24.410

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Reassembled tree:

C
├── H
│   ├── E
│   │   ├── S
│   │   │   ├── T
│   │   │   └── S
│   │   └── E
│   │       ├── R
│   │       └── K
│   └── A
│       ├── R
│       │   ├── M
│       │   └── T
│       └── S
│           ├── E
│           └── M
└── R
    ├── E
    │   ├── E
    │   │   ├── K
    │   │   └── D
    │   └── A
    │       ├── K
    │       └── M
    └── A
        ├── N
        │   ├── K
        │   └── E
        └── S
            ├── H
            └── S

Words:

CHEST, CHESS, CHEER, CHEEK, CHARM, CHART, CHASE, CHASM, CREEK, CREED, CREAK, CREAM, CRANK, CRANE, CRASH, CRASS

edited Jul 25 '22 at 17:55

answered Jul 25 '22 at 17:14

Lukas Rotter

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I was surprised to find out that CRASE and CRANS are also (technically) valid. – H.v.M. Jul 26 '22 at 16:18
@H.v.M. After CRA: N is followed by K or E (not S) and S is followed by H or S (not E). – Paul Evans Jul 26 '22 at 16:24
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@PaulEvans If you switch the last terminal E and S then H.v.M.'s tree works just as well. (The word "crase" being obsolete, notwithstanding). – Darren Ringer Jul 26 '22 at 17:13

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