charting

cheating

(I kind of wondered about the number of letters, too. Thought maybe the rules had changed a bit :) )

OK well I am gonna make an executive decision ....lol..:D:D:p otherwise I fear this game will die out!!!!

One letter can change but none can be deleted or added.......5 letters

cheat
~heats

heats

sheet

(Thanks Lilith :) )

sheet
~skeet

skeet

kites

sheet
shoot

kites

tykes

tykes

takes

takes

rakes

rakes

bakes

bakes

based


(the words were changed from 4 to 5 letters, i argue based on that precedent. bring back the longer words!) :p

based


dears



Thanks for returning to the 5-letter format! Too many letters made it way too complicated! :D

dears

seers

seers

beers

beers

bears