Here are the rules

Start with a simple 5 letter word.  The object of the game is to change ONE letter of that word, without rearranging the letters, to form another word.  Then change another letter, then another.

Example:

START

STARE

SPARE

SPATE

SLATE

SLAKE

FLAKE

RULES

1. The word has to exist.  Proof of definition may be required
2. Plurals, proper names, foreign words ARE allowed!  Let's not get too picky.
3. Changing one letter back to the previous word is frowned upon, but not inadmissible.  Try to keep the momentum going forward.  But sometimes you just hit a dead end and have to go back and try something new.
4. As for winning and losing?  Really it's just about keeping a chain going for as long as possible.  Repeats will occur, but they are of no issue - especially if they happened 30 words ago!

Good luck!

I'll start.

SPANK

SPARK

SHARK

SHIRK

SHIRE

SHORE

CHORE

CHORT 

Chort is considered to be a demon of total evil, with horns, hoofs, skinny tail, and a pig-face in Slavic mythology (demonology).

CHERT

A type of rock