The medium-hard word mutation evolution game

[Senor Chevalier]

Only One of the following types of changes are allowed to get from each word to the next:

1) Substitution of a single letter with a new letter in the same position

2) Addition of 1 letter with no rearrangement of other letters

3) Deletion of 1 letter with no rearrangement of other letters

4) Anagram of existing letters

First word is....

A

[Alan Medic]

Arse...........

[BrandNewGuy]

Arise... ;-)

[Senor Chevalier]

Raise

[BrandNewGuy]

Praise

[Townleygreen]

Prise

[Senor Chevalier]

Prose

[the-e-dealer]

rose

[Senor Chevalier]

sore

[the-e-dealer]

eros

[alice]

zeros

[Townleygreen]

I am puzzled...how did we get from the starting letting (A) to the (next) word Arse?

The rules don't seem to allow adding more than one letter.

Or am I being pedantic?

[Senor Chevalier]

Alan was pouring cold water on the idea, but after an inauspicious start, luckily BNG picked it up with his uplifting response and so I thought we'd just move on.

ZERO

[Huguenot]

I put in ARE, but it was excluded by the Pakistani Telecommunications Authority on the grounds that it could have been used in an obscene context.

Tarot is familiar with my Pakistani credentials I believe. ;-)

[Huguenot]

hero*

*glances in mirror*

[Senor Chevalier]

heron

[Townleygreen]

heroin

[the-e-dealer]

heroine

[Huguenot]

heroize

[Huguenot]

That might be a bust - is there a point for killing it?

[the-e-dealer]

Looks good to me !

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heroize

[Huguenot]

Not a bust yet then - but I reckon it's only 1 away... :-S

[the-e-dealer]

heroizes

[Huguenot]

heroines

This dreadful close - no repetition right?

[the-e-dealer]

nosherei