Another word game

[toothless-dog]

If you want to give it a go.

You need to alter one letter or add or leave off one letter to the word.
Like this,
Shop
ship
shin
skin
king etc

[crosbystills]

crates

[thecount.123]

scrape

[crosbystills]

praise

[thecount.123]

serape

[crosbystills]

tapers

[thecount.123]

staple

[crosbystills]

steal

[thecount.123]

latest

[crosbystills]

battles

[thecount.123]

tablet