Word Ladder - Part Two

up to seniors...

rinses

sire

rice

direct

divert

tied

diet

detail

dialed

dead

dyad

I don't think this goes anywhere...so if you don't mind I'll go down...if someone has a six letter word, please feel free to play it.

dyad

I'm going down to two letters in the hope that we can get this going without the dd:

ad

dame

reamed