N TW THR TWLV THRTN TWNTTW TWNTTHR NHNDRDTW NHNDRDTHR NHNDRDTWLV NHNDRDTHRTN NHNDRDTWNTTW NHNDRDTWNTTHR TWHNDRDTWNTTHR THRHNDRDTWNTTHR * 323: the 15-letter step NTHSNDNHNDRDTWLV * 1112 = NTHSND plus the 10-letter step. NTHSNDNHNDRDTHRTN NTHSNDNHNDRDTWNTTW NTHSNDNHNDRDTWNTTHR NTHSNDTWHNDRDTWNTTHR NTHSNDTHRHNDRDTWNTTHR TWTHSNDTHRHNDRDTWNTTHR . . . THRHNDRDTWNTTHRTHSNDTHRHNDRDTWNTTHR * 323,323: 15 letters twice + THSND = the 35-letter step NMLLNNHNDRDTWNTNTHSNDTHRHNDRDTWNTTHR * 1,121,323 = NMLLN plus the 31-letter step NMLLNNHNDRDTWNTTWTHSNDTHRHNDRDTWNTTHR NMLLNNHNDRDTWNTTHRTHSNDTHRHNDRDTWNTTHR NMLLNTWHNDRDTWNTTHRTHSNDTHRHNDRDTWNTTHR NMLLNTHRHNDRDTWNTTHRTHSNDTHRHNDRDTWNTTHR . . . THRHNDRDTWNTTHRMLLNTHRHNDRDTWNTTHRTHSNDTHRHNDRDTWNTTHR * 323,323,323: 15 letters thrice + MLLN + THSND = the 54-letter step NBLLNNHNDRDTWNTNMLLNTHRHNDRDTWNTTHRTHSNDTHRHNDRDTWNTTHR * 1,121,323,323 = NBLLN plus the 50-letter step . . . THRHNDRDTWNTTHRBLLNTHRHNDRDTWNTTHRMLLNTHRHNDRDTWNTTHRTHSNDTHRHNDRDTWNTTHR * 323,323,323,323 NTRLLN... * 1,???,???,???,??? = NTRLLN plus the 68-letter step Hence TRLLN must appear in the 74th step of the staircase. Now need to show there is at least one number with 74-letter name. Note: THSND is 5 letters - its first appearance is 1,112 MLLN is 4 letters - its first appearance is 1,121,323 BLLN is 4 letters - its first appearance is 1,121,323,323 hence good guess for 74th step: TRLLN is 5 letters - its first appearance is 1,112,323,323,323? Test: Add up the letters in 1 TRLLN 112 BLLN 323 MLLN 323 THSND 323 323 (15 letters) x3 = 45 112 (10 letters) 10 N TRLLN 6 BLLN and MLLN 8 THSND 5 total letters 74.