Minimum Distance to Type a Word Using Two Fingers: coding question

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Find the minimum total Manhattan distance to type a given uppercase word on a fixed letter-coordinate keyboard using two fingers whose starting positions are free. Core challenge: dynamic programming over the two fingers' last-letter positions (or one unused), deciding for each next character which finger moves to minimize cumulative distance (word length ≤ 300).

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