Word Ladder - Part Two

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tus

shout

mahouts

(A person who rides an elephant.)

mouth

hot

couth

stumped on a 7 letter word...going down

youth

toy

potty

stumped on a 7-letter word so heading back down

potsy

An old and less used term for the game Hopscotch.

Tops

Stop

true

riposte

a fencer's quick return thrust following a parry. 2. : a retaliatory verbal sally : retort.

spire