How good are you at growing words?

Here are the rules: Start with a word, then make another longer word by adding one new letter or two newe letters. This new letter (s) can be added at the beginning, end, or middle of the old word, but all the old letters have to remain in their original order.

Then using this new word, add another letter(s) to make another new word, then another, then another …

How long a chain can you make?


Here are some examples of the 266,264 solutions I found. (Many of the solutions are just two words in length, and a good percentage of them are the simple addition of an ‘S’ to the end of a word to make a plural.)

LED FLED FILED FAILED FLAILED

A AT ACT ACTS FACTS FACETS FAUCETS

I IT HIT HITS WHITS WHITES WHITEST

A AT RAT RATE GRATE GRATES GYRATES

A AN RAN RANG RANGE RANGES ORANGES

A AS WAS WADS WADES WADERS WADDERS

A AN TAN TANG STANG STRANG STRANGE STRANGER STRANGERS ESTRANGERS

I IN SIN SING STING SATING STATING ESTATING RESTATING RESTARTING


I IN PIN PING APING TAPING TAPPING TAPPINGS TRAPPINGS STRAPPINGS

The longest word chain I found was eleven words in length:

I PI PIG PING OPING COPING COMPING COMPTING COMPETING COMPLETING COMPLECTING


I IT LIT LIGHT SLIGHT SLIGHTS


When all letters are used, a new word can be added.

 

I will start with:

Ran

 

Rank

 

Drank

 

dranks

 

hop

 

guess ill 1v1 until someone else comes on, didn't have any ideas for tht last one lol.
hoop

 

Yeah, some can only be made plural

Shoop

 

Shoops

 

all

 

tall

 

I have to admit that I'm not the best at growing words, so I think if I'm on here long enough, I just might grow not only my words, but also my vocabulary.

 

Stall

 

Stalls

 

a

 

as

 

ass

 

ash

 

lass

 

beat me, lol.