At each step, the current word is changed by one letter to create the next word.
These words in turn mean:
a gaggle of geesea device for measuring timewhat you can do with a mousea baby chickena device to prevent wheels from movinga surprisea small housea pile of cardsa small piece of woodunable to move
Answers flock = a gaggle of geeseclock = a device for measuring timeclick = what you can do with a mousechick = a baby chickenchock = a device to prevent wheels from movingshock = a surpriseshack = a small housestack = a pile of cardsstick = a small piece of woodstuck = unable to move
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Puzzle 2
Below you will find 10 well-known seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words? ----rem----oct----pso----dma----edo----rre----sfy----ott----hma----dpa