word evolution!

Tart, -------lick
Kart,
Kurt,
Kurd,
Curd,
Cure,
Core,
Lore,
Lire,
Dire,
Dirk,
Dick,
Lick.




I like to to see how few words it takes while changing one letter at a time to get one word and change it to another word!!! as you can see it took me 13 tries to get tart to lick!!!