Deck
Peck
Pack
Pact
Past
Pest
Best
Beat
Seat
Slat
Slap
Slip
Ship

Change "quit" to "race".

Quit
Quin (as in, short for quintuplet)
Ruin
Rain
Raid
Said
Sand
Sane
Mane
Mace
Race

Change "wrap" to "item".

Wrap
Trap
Tram
Team
Seam
Seem
Stem
Item

Change "cats" to "flak".

Cats
Pats
Pets
Peas
Peat
Feat
Flat
Flak

Change "solo" to "grow".

Solo
Sole
Sale
Male
Malt
Molt
Moot
Toot
Trot
Trow <-- archaic, meaning to believe, think, or suppose
Grow

Change "ones" to "sons".

Ones
Owes
Owed
Awed
Aped
Sped
Sued
Sues
Suns
Sons

Change "chew" to "salt".

Chew
Thew
Then
Teen
Been
Beet
Belt
Melt
Malt
Salt

Change "outs" to "inns".

Outs
Buts
Buns
Suns
Sons
Ions
Inns

Change "unit" to "wire".

Unit
Knit
Knot
Snot
Soot
Sort
Sore
Sire
Wire

Change "tell" to "star".

Tell
Sell
Seal
Sear
Star

Change "fame" to "prey".

Fame
Mame
Mate
Matt
Malt
Melt
Meat
Beat
Brat
Bray
Pray
Prey

Change "lime" to "elms".

Lime
Time
Tide
Aide
Aids
Aims
Alms
Elms

Change "king" to "stag".

King
Ping
Pint
Pent
Peat
Seat
Stat
Stag

Change "holy" to "writ".

Holy
Hole
Hale
Hall
Wall
Wail
Wait
Writ

Change "sham" to "talk".

Sham
Seam
Beam
Beak
Beck
Back
Balk
Talk

Change "lick" to "ices."